{"id":2830,"date":"2021-12-10T15:58:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T20:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/?p=2830"},"modified":"2021-12-10T15:58:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T20:58:09","slug":"pope-francis-there-are-more-serious-sins-than-extramarital-sex-and-other-sins-of-the-flesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2021\/12\/pope-francis-there-are-more-serious-sins-than-extramarital-sex-and-other-sins-of-the-flesh.html","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis: There Are More Serious Sins Than Extramarital Sex and Other \u2018Sins of the Flesh\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_777\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-777\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-777\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/409\/2019\/10\/Pope_Francis_Malacanang_7-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"455\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau\/WikiCommons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pope Francis is one of the most famous religious leaders in the world. His words carry great weight and set the tone on how many people react to moral matters. While traveling from Greece to Italy, Pope Francis spoke with reporters on the papal plane as they asked a few questions. The religious leader claimed that there are worse sins than extramarital sex.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSins of the flesh are not the most serious,\u201d Pope Francis commented about sex external to marriage. According to Reuters, he then said that the worst sins are pride and hatred.<\/p>\n<p>These controversial answers from the press interaction come after Michel Aupetit, a French archbishop who resigned following his relations with a woman that was made public. Despite his resignation, the 70-year-old Paris native initially rejected the claim that he broke his vow to celibacy. However, Aupetit later gave a public apology for his actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ask forgiveness from those I might have hurt,\u201d he said in a Thursday statement. \u201cI have been deeply troubled by the attacks on me. I pray for those who, maybe, have wished bad things onto me, as Christ has taught us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This matter brings in the sixth amendment of Catholicism which commands against committing any adultery, which includes extramarital sex. However, Francis advised that the amendment applies to priests who break their celibacy. Pope Francis commented on the matter, sharing his thoughts on the sins of the act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a failing against the sixth commandment (You shall not commit adultery) but not a total one, one of small caresses, massage given to his secretary \u2014 that is what the accusation is,\u201d the 84-year-old Pope explained. \u201cThere is a sin there but not the worst kind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Pope was asked why he relieved Archbishop Michel Aupetit from his duties during the press question session. \u201cThis is an injustice. That\u2019s why I accepted the resignation of Aupetit: not on the altar of truth but on the altar of hypocrisy,\u201d the Pope answered.<\/p>\n<p>According to the media outlets present, Pope Francis expressed that, \u201cWe\u2019re all sinners. When the gossip grows and grows and removes someone\u2019s good name, he cannot govern.\u201d The Pope concluded that Archbishop Aupetit was removed because he lost the people\u2019s trust, not because of his actual wrongdoings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leader of the Catholic Church said lust isn\u2019t the most serious of the seven deadly sins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":642,"featured_media":777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[73,423,6,297,1371],"class_list":["post-2830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pope","tag-catholic","tag-catholic-church","tag-pope-francis","tag-religion","tag-the-pope"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pope Francis: There Are More 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