Pope suggests 'better to be atheist than hypocritical Catholic'

[progree]

I would say better to be atheist than a religionist of any sort, but then I'm not the Pope.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pope-suggests-better-atheist-hypocritical-catholic-131306690.html

... "There are those who say 'I am very Catholic, I always go to Mass, I belong to this and that association'," the head of the 1.2 billion-member Roman Catholic Church said, according to a Vatican Radio transcript.

He said that some of these people should also say "'my life is not Christian, I don't pay my employees proper salaries, I exploit people, I do dirty business, I launder money, (I lead) a double life'."

"There are many Catholics who are like this and they cause scandal," he said. "How many times have we all heard people say 'if that person is a Catholic, it is better to be an atheist'."

... Less than two months after his election, he said Christians should see atheists as good people if they do good