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By Ralph Martin, National Catholic Register, Jan. 29, 2024
Ralph Martin is the president of Renewal Ministries and the director of graduate theology programs in the New Evangelization at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Detroit.
COMMENTARY: The Pope’s recent off-the-cuff remarks have provided a teaching moment on universalism and reality.
Pope Francis recently said: “I like to think of hell as empty; I hope it is.” This may lead some people astray. No one spoke more about Hell than Jesus. If Hell is empty, should we stop teaching that what Jesus and the apostles taught on the purpose of human sexuality and marriage must be obeyed to be saved?
Pope Francis stirred up controversy with an informal remark concerning hell that he made Jan. 14 in an hourlong live interview with a popular Italian television program.
While acknowledging that this is only his personal view, not “a dogma of faith,” the Holy Father speculated that hell may be empty and expressed the hope that it is the case: “What I am going to say is not a dogma of faith, but my own personal view: I like to think of hell as empty; I hope it is.” …
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