‘Hell does not exist,’ Pontiff tells Italian newspaper during interview
The pope was interviewed by Eugenio Scalfari, a veteran Italian journalist and atheist who regularly muses about faith and religion, and enjoys access to the leader of the Catholic Church.
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Francis said: “after death, the souls of people who repent are pardoned by God and join in his contemplation,“but those who do not repent, and therefore cannot be pardoned, disappear.”
“Hell does not exist – what exists is the disappearance of sinful souls,” he added.
In the past, the veracity of quotes he attributed to the pope has been called into question, especially afterthe 93-year-old Scalfari admitted to never using a tape recorder during interviews.
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However, the Vatican has never complained about Scalfari’s work, and Francis has continued giving interviewsto him.
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