04-01-2007, 08:47 AM
It's official now:
Pope: Hell 'really exists'
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Pope Benedict XVI says Hell -- despite being typically overlooked in today's society -- "really exists and is eternal."</b>
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and ofcourse there's the official, official version:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Vatican officials said the pope intended to reinforce the new Catholic catechism teaching that that Hell is a "state of eternal separation from God," to be understood "symbolically rather than physically."
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Pope: Hell 'really exists'
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Pope Benedict XVI says Hell -- despite being typically overlooked in today's society -- "really exists and is eternal."</b>
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
and ofcourse there's the official, official version:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Vatican officials said the pope intended to reinforce the new Catholic catechism teaching that that Hell is a "state of eternal separation from God," to be understood "symbolically rather than physically."
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