Pope says in interview that there is no hell.

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The Vaticans response sounds like total BS, denying that an interview even took place. I'm not surprised at all to find out that the Pope may have said there is no hell. He's always saying similar things, like atheists can be redeemed by doing good, or "who am I to judge the gays?" Maybe the Pope said it to try to make everyone happy. Those who are against the idea of hell will like him more, and he has plausible deniability for those who want to believe that the Pope still believes in hell. Maybe that's why he chose to say it in an interview that was not being recorded.

Well, in all fairness, the journalist's technique was somewhat irresponsible. Not taking notes or anything, and then paraphrasing the Pope on the matter leaves us without a reliable account of just what the Pope did say. That's probably fine for uncontroversial stuff, but claims like this one require considerably more backing.