News that PopeWatch missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee:
ROME — Sources close to Pope Francis confirmed that the 87-year-old Bishop of Rome has just challenged Jesus Christ to a debate on how people can get to heaven.
According to Francis, the debate has been in the works for quite a while, though he’s hoping that Jesus will finally take him up on the offer now.
“I really need set the Lord straight,” said the successor of the Apostle Peter. “We’ve just kept missing each other. One of those ‘prayer tag’ things, you know? Anyway, I heard Jesus said something bigoted about ‘no one coming to the Father except through me’, and ugh – that’s just so exclusionary! So, I’ve challenged God Incarnate to a debate so I can teach Him a thing or two about how people come to God.”
According to sources in the Vatican, Pope Francis has decided to start off by explaining how all religions are paths to God, and telling Jesus that He must not have really meant it when He said that Jesus is the door to salvation. The Pope will then reportedly explain to the omnipotent Creator of the universe how God’s plan of salvation actually works.
Go here to read the rest. Can’t wait to read Jimmy Akin’s Ten Things to Know and Share about the debate.
This is not going to be pretty.
I can’t confirm it, but sources say that Mark Shea is going to be the moderator. He will give the Pope some help I’m sure. Probably fact check Our Lord at every possible opportunity.
I saw a post on FB that quoted from a purported vatican document in which the Pope, on his trip to Luxembourg (or maybe Belgium?) was quoted as saying that all are called to come to Christ and there is salvation in Him alone. But…I can’t find it on the vatican website. Keeping watch for it…I was pleased to see the report. If anyone can find a link perhaps they could post.
I absolutely love the image of Our Lord.
I believe this should be the image for our times, not the happy-go-lucky Jesus so often seen.
He has the look of a parent that has just been told by a child “I know you told me not to, but look how *well* it turned out!”
For the record, I am absolutely sure I have been the cause of that expression on several occasions.