The Catholic Pontiff has denied the rumors alleging that he said hell does not exist. Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari of La Repubblica reported last week that Pope Francis denied the existence of hell. The 93-year-old avowed atheist reporter wrote that when asked about the fate of "bad souls," Pope Francis responded, "Hell does not exist." Scalfari said that the pope added, "The disappearance of sinful souls exists." After Scalfari made the claims, Catholics and other believers immediately took to every platform available to them to express their fury at this. The Vatican has now stepped in to adamantly reject Scalfari's characterization of the conversation, which it insisted was not an official interview but rather a "private meeting." On Good Friday, the Vatican issued a statement saying: "What is reported by the author in today's article is the fruit of his reconstruction, in which the precise words utter...
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