The teachings of the Roman Catholic Church around sins, confession, forgiveness of sins and the transfer of guilt clearly leave a lot of scope for one to be able to benefit from them as a privileged pope. A self-issued blank check.
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Pope Francis and his confessor
A pope is also required to make regular confessions in the hope of receiving absolution from the priest. If, in a high position, you also have the opportunity to choose your own personal confessor, then nothing can go wrong. Pope Francis praised the Capuchin Friars in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as “good confessors.”
A monk of this order plays a special role here. Luis Pascual Dri, at the blessed age of 97. He is the pontiff’s chosen personal remover of every sin committed (Source).
The Pope’s choice of his confessor should not have been difficult. Firstly, Buenos Aires is the home of the current pontiff and secondly, Luis Pascual Dri seems to be very forgiving, “he forgives everything!” said Francis about his confidant. How practical.
Religious nepotism
One hand washes the other. “Forgive me and I will remember it,” is a possible motto for this constellation. Francis obviously thought particularly of his confessor. The pontiff, who was quite sinful due to the need for confession, appointed Dri cardinal in 2023. Such affection should certainly be able to pay off.
On the basis of this demonstrated charade alone, the complete nonsense of forgiveness of sins according to Roman Catholic tradition is made clear. A sinful person disguised as a priest can forgive the sins of another person. This also in connection with the Pope. Jesus Christ explained this to a rich young man who approached Jesus Christ and wanted to know how he could get to heaven, Matthew 19:16-17:
“And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.“
Father – Patre – Pope
Jesus Christ also explained some of those unpopular truths to the Pharisees, Matthew 23:8-10:
“But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.“
There is only one good and there is no (spiritual) father on earth. Both apply exclusively to the Heavenly Father. But the papacy goes one step further and wants the Supreme to be addressed as “Holy Father”. So the presumption begins with the simple priest, who is addressed as “Pater, Patre, Father”. The highest of them with “Papa”, or simply “Pope”.
Heretics accuse heresy
Sin is the transgression of God’s law. The definition of sin is that simple. God is lawgiver. How can one person forgive another person for breaking one of God’s laws? The term “heretic” or a variation of this term, used by the Church of Rome as a universal weapon of destruction, does not appear often in the Bible.
Titus 3:10:
“A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;”
2 Peter 2:1:
“But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.“
What did the teachers of the law say about the fact that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, can forgive people’s sins? Mark 2:7:
“Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?“
As is well known, the Pharisees never recognized Jesus Christ as the Messiah, the Son of God, and considered him an ordinary person, that is, an impostor. The claim of an ordinary person to be able to forgive sins is therefore blasphemy. The Church of Rome has much more in store in this area (Info).
Forgiven sin is not forgiven guilt
As a courageous Catholic, the Pope of course knows that a forgiven sin, if a confessor can even accomplish this, does not equal a forgiven guilt. According to Catholicism, even after the sin has been forgiven, the offender still bears guilt. And this debt needs to be paid off. Otherwise, unpaid debts will be burned in purgatory.
The payment of debts during one’s lifetime occurs either through the performance of many good deeds, i.e. through the principle of works-based righteousness, or through the grace of an indulgence. The Vatican has an “inexhaustible supply” of the countless good deeds of the apostles, the many “saints” and especially Mary. These are available as compensation for questions of guilt. Who has exclusive access to this “balancing box”? The Pope. Again super practical.
Thus, due to the appointment of his confessor as a cardinal, the Pope has a benevolent forgiver of sins at hand who “forgives everything”, and to pay the debt the pontiff simply has to reach into the “box of good works” himself.
That doesn’t just sound ridiculous, it is.
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
Galatians 1:6-7
Bible verses from King James Version
