On December
2013, the Diversity Chronicle blog published an article positing that at the
Third Vatican Council, Pope Francis had condemned racism and declared that
"all religions are true":
For the last
six months, Catholic cardinals, bishops and theologians have been deliberating
in Vatican City, discussing the future of the church and redefining long-held
Catholic doctrines and dogmas. The Third Vatican Council, is undoubtedly the
largest and most important since the Second Vatican Council was concluded in
1962. Pope Francis convened the new council to "finally finish the work of
the Second Vatican Council." While some traditionalists and conservative
reactionaries on the far right have decried these efforts, they have delighted
progressives around the world.
To a chorus
of thunderous applause, Pope Francis stated "because Muslims, Hindus and
African Animists are also made in the very likeness and image of God, to hate
them is to hate God! To reject them to is to reject God and the Gospel of
Christ. Whether we worship at a church, a synagogue, a mosque or a mandir, it
does not matter. Whether we call God, Jesus, Adonai, Allah or Krishna, we all
worship the same God of love. This truth is self-evident to all who have love
and humility in their hearts!"
Shortly
afterwards links and excerpts referencing this article were being circulated
via social media, with many of those who encountered the item mistaking it for
a genuine news item. However, the article was just a spoof:
No Third Vatican
Council has been convened (the Second Vatican Council took place in the early
1960s), and the blog that published this item, the Diversity Chronicle includes
a disclaimer noting that "The original content on this blog is largely
satirical."
The story is
FALSE.
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