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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- People who act shocked that a priest would bless a gay couple but have no problem with him blessing a crooked businessman are hypocrites, Pope Francis said.

“The most serious sins are those that are disguised with a more ‘angelic’ appearance. No one is scandalized if I give a blessing to an entrepreneur who perhaps exploits people, which is a very serious sin. Whereas they are scandalized if I give it to a homosexual -- this is hypocrisy,” he told the Italian magazine Credere.

The interview was scheduled for publication Feb. 8, but Vatican News reported on some of its content the day before when the magazine issued a press release about the interview.

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[-] dipshit@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

I like the attitude though there is a lot to tear down. e.g., hospitals.

[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Leave the hospitals up, just require that they be transferred to a legitimate healthcare organization which will offer medical care without the condition of "...if my god says it's okay" attached.

[-] dipshit@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

it’s the “require that they be transferred” part which might be an issue. if there’s a legal pathway to this then lets go!

[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Understandable. Could be a matter of putting an industry restriction in place where in order to own and operate a hospital, they'd be bound to a set of rules that would not give them the authority to refuse things like abortions and other types of healthcare that the bible-thumpers find objectionable. No more incentive to run a hospital when they won't have that level of control over peoples' lives.

[-] dipshit@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Make the hypocratic Oath hypocratic law, binding all medical professionals. clarify that hypocratic law means preventing harm to the person delivering the child, and that the “harm” doesn’t apply to the practictioner’s personal beliefs.

Univeral healthcare also couldn’t hurt.

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