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Forgiving and there were still diocese who had the abortion be absolved by bishop. he said, i know the pressures that women are under. its an understanding and merciful outreach i think. >> so to miss the mark is what sin is and in this place where i think as a protestant missing the mark is about breaking our relationship with god and people, so the list of the things, smoking s that a sin? this place of what is sin, i think god sees us already as healed and whole and forgiven. i think the diff...

Religion. look outside theres crime and theft and those kind of things. theres sin going on in the world. what hes trying to do is remind people that as you said so well, you know, god is love and god is mercy and jesus is about forgiveness. one of the best things i heard about confession, for example, hes talking about in this abortion letter is that confession is not about how bad you are, but how good god is, right? so, you know, as you were saying its the pope meeting people where they are. ...

Wrote about evangelical young people. it said the evangelical christians are leaving because they think the church is homophobic, hypocritical and judgmental. he said, god is love and let me show you what love looks like. >> and yet the pope remains catholic. for someone raised in the unitarian, and married to a catholic and raising a catholic child, not just me, but when we look at american catholics in a recent poll asking about what constitutes sip, 54% said cohabitation is not sin. 66% said ...

>> rock of ages. >> okay. ♪ ♪ >> thank you very much. that was very kind of you. >> the pontiff also made news earlier this week when he released a letter permitting all priests the discretion to solve women who seek forgiven for having a abortion. the pope wrote, may priest fulfills by expressing the gravity of the sin committed and besides the path of authentic conversion to obtain the true and generous of the father.