ROME — Pope Francis told CBS anchor Norah O’Donnell that conservatives are willfully blind and that their narrow-mindedness shows “suicidal thoughts.”
in interview Speaking on Sunday’s “60 Minutes”, the pope said a conservative is someone who “holds on to something and doesn’t look beyond it.” That’s a suicidal attitude. ”
“One thing is to take into account tradition and take into account past situations, but the other thing is to keep yourself in an arbitrary box,” he added.
Pope addresses conservative critics within the church.
“A conservative is someone who clings to something and does not look beyond it. That is a suicidal attitude,” Pope Francis says. The Pope will be speaking on “60 Minutes” this Sunday. @norahOdonnell. https://t.co/mEN4CWeXMW pic.twitter.com/HPYgVm4kIp
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Pope Francis has never given an extensive one-on-one interview with an American television network during his 11 years as pontiff.
Pope Francis has never hidden his disdain for Americans, publicly lamenting the “backwardness” of America’s conservative Catholics in August 2023.
“The situation is not easy in the United States, where there is a very strong reactionary attitude,” the pope said. Said Jesuit groups. “It’s institutionalized and it shapes how people belong emotionally.”
“I would like to remind these people that ‘backwardism’ is not helpful. They need to understand that there is a proper evolution in their understanding of matters of faith and morals,” the pope said.
“Our understanding of humans changes over time, and our consciousness deepens,” he said. “Other sciences and their evolution are also helping to improve the Church’s understanding.”
“The view that the Church’s doctrine is monolithic is wrong,” he added.
“The problems that moralists have to consider today are so serious that we must risk making changes to deal with them,” he argued.
In some situations, the United States could experience a “closed situation,” he continued, where “we may lose our true traditions and look to ideology for support.”
“In other words, ideology replaces faith, and membership in a section of the church replaces membership in the church,” he said, apparently referring to conservative or traditional Catholics. Ta.
These American groups are “isolated,” he says. “They live according to ideology, not according to doctrine, according to true doctrine, which is always developing and bearing fruit.”
In late April, CBS released another part of the upcoming hour-long interview, in which Francisco said it would be “stupid” for climate change skeptics to refute the compelling evidence of a climate emergency. He claimed that there was.
“Some people are stupid (Nesios)…Even if you show them the results of the study, they won’t believe it,” the pope said. To tell Mr O’Donnell was asked what he would say to climate change deniers.
“Why? Because they don’t understand the situation, or for their own benefit, but because climate change exists,” declares the 87-year-old pope.
During the conversation, the Pope was asked what he thought about those who described the violence in Gaza as “genocide.” After repeating the word “genocide,” Francis said he calls Gaza’s Catholic diocese every night around 7pm Rome time for updates.
“There’s about 600 people there and they’ll tell you what’s going on,” he says. “Very difficult; very difficult.”
“Food comes in, but you have to fight for it,” he says. “Very difficult.”
