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What Did the Pope Say to the Atheist? It’s Up For Debate

It’s “solemn nonsense” to try to convert nonbelievers to Christianity, said Pope Francis. Or so we think. 
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It’s “solemn nonsense” to try to convert nonbelievers to Christianity, said Pope Francis. Or so we think. 

What exactly Francis meant in a recent interview with the atheist Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari is up for debate, with some conservative Catholics and Southern Baptists fearing the worst – that Francis was dabbling dangerously in relativism. 

Read the interview, or ‘dialogue’ here, and decide for yourself. 

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