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Pope Francis said:
The Catholic Church must shake off an obsession with teachings on abortion, contraception and homosexuality and become more merciful.
In an interview with an Italian Jesuit journal, Francis said:
The church had locked itself up in small things, in small-minded rules and should not be so prone to condemn.Its priests should be more welcoming and not cold, dogmatic bureaucrats.
He said:
"The confessional, is not a torture chamber but the place in which the Lord's mercy motivates us to do better".His comments were welcomed by liberal Catholics, but they are likely to be viewed with concern by people who are intolerant. In the 12,000-word interview with Civilta Cattolica, he said:
"The church must find a new balance between upholding rules and demonstrating mercy, otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards".In the interview with the magazine's director, Jesuit father Antonio Spadaro, the Pope also said:
He envision a greater role for women in the 1.2 billion-member church but suggested it would not include a change in the current ban on a female priesthood.
Francis, the first non-European pope in 1,300 years, the first from Latin America and the first Jesuit pope.
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