Pope Francis: God Redeems Atheists For ‘Good Works,’ Christians Must Accept Non-Believers

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In the homily to his morning Mass Wednesday, Pope Francis said that Christians must stop perpetuating narrow definitions of  ‘good’ and embrace atheists as God does — for the work they do to make the world a better place, reports Raw Story.

“The Lord created us in His image and likeness, and we are the image of the Lord, and He does good and all of us have this commandment at heart: do good and do not do evil. All of us. ‘But, Father, this is not Catholic! He cannot do good.’ Yes, he can. He must. Not can: must! Because he has this commandment within him. Instead, this ‘closing off’ that imagines that those outside, everyone, cannot do good is a wall that leads to war and also to what some people throughout history have conceived of: killing in the name of God,” [Pope Francis] said according to Vatican Radio. “That we can kill in the name of God. And that, simply, is blasphemy. To say that you can kill in the name of God is blasphemy.”

The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‘Father, the atheists?’ Even the atheists. Everyone!” he said.

“If we, each doing our own part, if we do good to others, if we meet there, doing good, and we go slowly, gently, little by little, we will make that culture of encounter: we need that so much. We must meet one another doing good. ‘But I don’t believe, Father, I am an atheist!’ But do good: we will meet one another there.”

With the number of people in the United States who identify as atheist, agnostic or unaffiliated rising to 20 percent, according to a recent Pew report, the Pope’s words of inclusion come at a pivotal point in this nation’s existence.

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