A quote from Pope Francis: Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I give this silent blessing to each and every one of you, respecting the conscience of each one of you but knowing that each one of you is a child of God.
Oh, if only such heartfelt sentiments were reciprocated by the anti-Catholics on this forum.
I don't see where your pope or any man has the power to bless anyone...
While God is the creator of everyone, as I read the scriptures I see that unbelievers are the child of the devil and condemned to hell...
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Joh 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.