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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. it's 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 difference between protestantism and catholicism, we can go directly to god and be forgiven. >> part of...

Religion. look outside there's crime and theft and those kind of things. there's sin going on in the world. what he's 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, he's 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 it's the pope meeting people where they are. he is a pastor, he is reaching out to people. part of that reaching out is forgiveness and merc...

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 contraception, another 50% saying remarriage without annulment is not a sin and even a third saying ...

>> 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.