‘Dropping religion has dramatic unwanted side effects’ – Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV on Friday warned that shedding one’s religion can have dramatic unwanted side effects.

Thx new pontiff spoke in his first mass.

In line with him, the implications of shedding religion embrace discovering that the which means of life is misplaced, mercy is forgotten, and human dignity is violated in essentially the most dramatic methods.

“The disaster of the household and lots of different wounds from which our society is struggling considerably,” he stated.

These days, religion is thought to be one thing absurd, as one thing for weak and unintelligent folks, the brand new pontiff informed the devoted.

He added that religion is usually changed by different issues corresponding to expertise, cash, success, energy and pleasure.

Pope Leo XIV reiterated that the determine of Jesus Christ is usually seen merely as a charismatic chief or superhuman.

This, he stated, was successfully a type of atheism.

“And I do know I can depend on each one among you to stroll with me, as we proceed as a Church, as a group of associates of Jesus, as believers, to announce the Good Information, to announce the Gospel,” the Chicago-born pope stated.