Thus says the Pope on the Vatican Radio:
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! And this Blood makes us children of God of the first class! We are created children in the likeness of God and the Blood of Christ has redeemed us all! And we all have a duty to do good. And this commandment for everyone to do good, I think, is a beautiful path towards peace. 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.
We read the following account in the Gospel of Luke 9:49-50: “And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us. And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.” While the disciples wished Jesus to prevent somebody from ministering in the name of Jesus who was not in their camp, Jesus exhorted them that whoever “is not against us is for us.” Here Jesus’ teaching would discourage denominationalism within the body of Christ.
Paul the Apostle taught similarly along these lines when he said to the church in Corinth: “For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?” (1 Corinthians 1:11-13) The true body of Christ is not divided and divisions are carnal.
But Pope Francis the Apostate of the Catholic Church puts a new spin on Jesus’ teaching to include atheists in Christ and in heaven. Not only does Francis reword what Jesus taught to “Just do good,” but also suggests that atheists can go to heaven by doing good. Atheists do not minister or cast out devils in Jesus name and cannot be lumped into the category of the one addressed in Luke 9 who “casting out devils in thy name.” Atheists are against Christ and Jesus’ teaching of “he that is not against us is for us,” cannot include them as Francis does. Jesus was instructing the apostles to receive somebody who was in Christ but not in their camp. Atheists are not in Christ. John 3:36 addresses atheism directly saying: “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” This from the Apostate Catholic Church:
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – The Holy Father is full of surprises, born of true and faithful humility. On Wednesday he declared that all people, not just Catholics, are redeemed through Jesus, even atheists.
However, he did emphasize there was a catch. Those people must still do good. In fact, it is in doing good that they are led to the One who is the Source of all that is good. In essence he simply restated the hope of the Church that all come to know God, through His Son Jesus Christ.
Francis based his homily on the message of Christ to his disciples taken from the Gospel of Mark. Francis delivered his message by sharing a story of a Catholic who asked a priest if atheists were saved by Christ.
“They complain,” Francis said, “If he is not one of us, he cannot do good. If he is not of our party, he cannot do good.” He explained that Jesus corrected them, “Do not hinder him, he says, let him do good.”
The disciples, Pope Francis explained, “were a little intolerant,” closed off by the idea of possessing the truth, convinced that “those who do not have the truth, cannot do good.” “This was wrong… Jesus broadens the horizon.” Pope Francis said, “The root of this possibility of doing good – that we all have – is in creation.”
“Even them, everyone, we all have the duty to do good, Pope Francis said on Vatican Radio.
“Just do good” was his challenge, “and we’ll find a meeting point.” (source)