The Angry Pope

(Hat tip: The Curt Jester)

Carl Olson notes the media coverage of the Pope's mention of Hell in a recent homily. What was apparently a passing reference to eternal damnation elicited this response from The Scotsman:

POPE BENEDICT XVI has reiterated the existence of Hell and condemned society for not talking about eternal damnation enough.

A furious Pope Benedict unleashed a bitter attack during a sermon while on a visit to a parish church and said: "Hell exists and there is eternal punishment for those who sin and do not repent."

Sounding "more of a parish priest than a Pope" the leader of the world's one billion Roman Catholics added: "The problem today is society does not talk about Hell. It's as if it did not exist, but it does."

Pope Benedict unleashed his fury during a visit to the tiny parish church of St Felicity and the Martyr Children at Fidene on the outskirts of Rome, in his capacity as bishop of the Italian capital.

One churchgoer said: "The Holy Father was really having a go. It was a typical fire-and-brimstone sermon that you would have expected from a parish priest years ago."

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LOL! As The Curt Jester points out, "They forgot to say that 'smoke was coming out of his ears' as he said this and that he was shaking his fist for emphasis."