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Pope Francis Touts 'Divine Pleasures' of Sex, Good Food, Rejects ‘Overzealous Morality' in New Book
Sputnik News ^ | 9/10/20 | Svetlana Ekimenko

Posted on 09/10/2020 7:48:25 PM PDT by marshmallow

Pope Francis granted three brief interviews to writer and environmentalist, Carlo Petrini, who proclaims his agnosticism. These were published in Italy on Wednesday in a volume entitled Terrafutura. In it, the Pope and the author reminisce about their grandmothers' cooking, and venture beyond gastronomic topics.

Pope Francis has touted life’s joys such as a delicious meal and loving sexual intercourse as “divine”, unjustly falling victim to “overzealousness” on the part of the Catholic Church in the past, according to a newly-published book, cited by AFP.

According to “TerraFutura, conversations with Pope Francis on integral ecology” by Italian writer Carlo Petrini, based on conversations with the pontiff, the 83-year-old, born in Jorge Bergoglio in Argentina, insists:

"Pleasure arrives directly from God, it is neither Catholic, nor Christian, nor anything else, it is simply divine."

The pontiff acknowledged in the book, published Wednesday, that the church had previously sought to promote an “overzealous morality” that denied pleasure, adding it was “a wrong interpretation of the Christian message”, according to the outlet.

“The Church has condemned inhuman, brutish, vulgar pleasure, but has on the other hand always accepted human, simple, moral pleasure,” he said.

Opposing views, states Pope Francis, “have caused enormous harm, which can still be felt strongly today”.

“The pleasure of eating is there to keep you healthy by eating, just like sexual pleasure is there to make love more beautiful and guarantee the perpetuation of the species,” says the Pope.

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TOPICS: Catholic; Ministry/Outreach; Moral Issues; Theology
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To: marshmallow
The Pope is an anti Christ.
41 posted on 09/11/2020 6:15:23 PM PDT by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
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To: Vision
The Pope is an anti Christ.

No. This idiot 'holy father' is just paving the yellow brick road for the dumping out of heaven the 'instead of Christ'. The 'whole world' is not going to bend a knee to this turd, however, the masses are being set up to bend the knee to the devil in real time.

42 posted on 09/11/2020 6:18:54 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: BubbaBasher

Just Babylon


43 posted on 09/11/2020 6:40:20 PM PDT by Hieronymus (“I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.Â)
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To: lastchance; ebb tide
1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

44 posted on 09/12/2020 3:15:40 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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