{"id":1100392,"date":"2021-12-08T21:13:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T02:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1100392"},"modified":"2021-12-08T21:13:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T02:13:32","slug":"pope-francis-sins-of-the-flesh-not-the-most-serious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-sins-of-the-flesh-not-the-most-serious\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis: &#039;Sins of the Flesh&#039; Not the Most Serious"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpope-francis-sins-of-the-flesh-not-the-most-serious%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1100392&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1234856017-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Pope Francis declared that \u201csins of the flesh\u201d are not as serious as spiritual sins like pride or hatred, arguing that the latter have far greater consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with journalists on his flight between Greece and Cyprus on Monday, the Holy Father addressed the recent resignation of Paris Archbishop Michel Aupetit after the French magazine <em>Le Point&nbsp;<\/em>alleged he had an intimate, consensual relationship with a secretary.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI poorly handled the situation with a person who was in contact many times with me,\u201d Aupetit said upon his resignation.<\/p>\n<p>While Pope Francis acknowledged that the archbishop had failed \u201cagainst the sixth commandment\u201d (adultery), he believed the offense was not absolute, since the prelate was accused of&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201csmall caresses\u201d and massages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">\u201cIt was a failing against the sixth commandment (You shall not commit adultery) but not a total one, one of small caresses, massage given to his secretary \u2013 that is what the accusation is,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/pope-says-he-accepted-french-bishop-resignation-due-harm-reputation-2021-12-06\/\">Francis said<\/a>. \u201cThere is a sin there but not the worst kind.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">\u201cHe (the bishop) was condemned but by whom? By public opinion, by gossip .. he could no longer govern,\u201d Francis added. \u201cI accepted the resignation of Aupetit not on the altar of truth, but on the altar of hypocrisy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">Aupetit maintains that he did not violate his vow of celibacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">Italian journalist&nbsp;Luigi Accattoli told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/dont-sweat-about-sins-flesh-pope-francis-f5w2dvs08\"><em>The Times<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;said that the pope\u2019s comments show that \u201cthings have changed in the last 60 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p>Sexual sins were once considered very serious in the Catholic church and priests would warn against non-married kissing and even tell parents not to let their children go out dancing, but things have changed in the last 60 years. Francis is the first pope to come out and say what has been clear to his predecessors since Pope Paul VI. They didn\u2019t say so for fear of scandal and traditionalists may attack Francis now, but he is not afraid to say what he thinks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines chastity as the liberation of self-control so that people would not be controlled by their passions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">\u201cChastity includes an&nbsp;<i>apprenticeship in self-mastery<\/i>&nbsp;which is a training in human freedom,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scborromeo.org\/ccc\/p3s2c2a6.htm\">it says<\/a>. \u201cThe alternative is clear: either man governs his passions and finds peace, or he lets himself be dominated by them and becomes unhappy.<span>\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis declared that \u201csins of the flesh\u201d are not as serious as spiritual sins like pride or hatred, arguing that the latter have far greater consequences. 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