Let's defend the Truth

A)  The text of the speech by J.M.Bergoglio:

“Jesus speaks only a word of forgiveness, not of condemnation” (Homily at the conclusion of the year of faith – Sunday, 24 November 2013)

“So great is God’s mercy: He loves us, He forgives us; God forgives all and God forgives always” (Angelus Saint Peter’s Square Fourth Sunday of Lent, 15 March 2015)

“To hope is to bet on the mercy of God who is Father and forgives always and forgives all” (Pastoral visit to Pompeii and Naples – Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples Saturday, 21 March 2015)

“Let us not be afraid: let us allow ourselves to be embraced by the mercy of God who awaits us and forgives all” (Angelus Saint Peter’s Square solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Tuesday, 8 December 2015)

B) References to Scriptures:

“‘In truth I tell you, all human sins will be forgiven, and all the blasphemies ever uttered; but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin.’” (Mar 3:28-29)

“And he said to them, ‘Go out to the whole world; proclaim the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptised will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned” (Mar 16:15-16)

“This is how it will be at the end of time: the angels will appear and separate the wicked from the upright” (Mat 13:49)

“‘When the Son of man comes in his glory, escorted by all the angels, then he will take his seat on his throne of glory. All nations will be assembled before him and he will separate people one from another as the shepherd separates sheep from goats. He will place the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left. Then the King will say to those on his right hand, “Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take as your heritage the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you made me welcome, lacking clothes and you clothed me, sick and you visited me, in prison and you came to see me.” Then the upright will say to him in reply, “Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and make you welcome, lacking clothes and clothe you? When did we find you sick or in prison and go to see you?” And the King will answer, “In truth I tell you, in so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.” Then he will say to those on his left hand, “Go away from me, with your curse upon you, to the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you never gave me food, I was thirsty and you never gave me anything to drink, Mat 25:43 I was a stranger and you never made me welcome, lacking clothes and you never clothed me, sick and in prison and you never visited me.” Then it will be their turn to ask, “Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty, a stranger or lacking clothes, sick or in prison, and did not come to your help?” Then he will answer, “In truth I tell you, in so far as you neglected to do this to one of the least of these, you neglected to do it to me.” And they will go away to eternal punishment, and the upright to eternal life.’” (Mat 25:31-46)

C) Comment:

It is not true that God always forgives and forgives everything. Jesus said that the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, so whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will be “culprit of eternal guilt”. So there will be no forgiveness for them. Bergoglio goes against the teaching of Jesus. To deny the action of the Holy Spirit in the Son of God is to blaspheme the Spirit. Those who do so will not be forgiven.

Therefore, Bergoglio teaches a different and opposite thing to what Jesus taught.

Moreover, it is not true that God always forgives. God forgives those who ask to be forgiven. Mercy has to be requested (it is not free) and it has to be earned with a holy behaviour, to prove to the Father at least the will to not mistake anymore. Jesus said to the adulteress: “I do not condemn you; go and sin no more”; He did not say to her: “Go and do not worry if you do wrong because I will forgive you again”.

To teach that mercy is free is a deception, because this teaching undermines the motivation to remain holy. Why must one strive to be saint in any case, if to behave or to misbehave, to sin or not to sin, at the end is the same thing? Why should one have to strive to do good instead of bad? But this reasoning is a deception.

Jesus forgives on condition that at least one tries not to sin again, using all his good will. This is the teaching of Jesus that is opposite to that of Bergoglio.

The mercy taught by Bergoglio is false and different from that taught by Jesus. The word is the same but the teaching is profoundly different. The mercy of Jesus forgives and encourages to sin no more, in order to go to Heaven; the mercy of Bergoglio is easy to obtain (because it comes only from God, without efforts from the sinner), but if one does not change life and remains in sin, at the end of their earthly life, they will face the merciful justice of the Father that will condemn sinners to hell.