Pope Francis says sex outside of marriage is “not the most serious sin”

The sins of the flesh are not the most serious compared to pride and hatred. Pope Francis told reporters about this, as reported by the Daily Mail.

He gave such a comment in response to a question about the 70-year-old French archbishop Michel Opeti, who resigned last week due to an “ambiguous” relationship with a woman.

The archbishop himself denies sexual relations with the woman mentioned in the publications, but resigned so that rumors would not damage the Church.

The Pope declared that “he accepted the archbishop’s resignation not on the altar of truth, but on the altar of hypocrisy.” “I ask myself, what made Opeti so serious that he had to retire? If we do not know the charges, we cannot condemn, “the Pope added, urging journalists to bring the investigation to the end, since Opeti was convicted by” public opinion, rumors. “

At the same time, the Pope referred to the violation of the sixth commandment – the prohibition of adultery – saying that it was “incomplete”, it is about “the massage that he gave to his secretary.”

“It is a sin. But this is not the most serious thing, because the sins of the flesh are not the most serious, ”he said, adding:“ Opeti the sinner. Like me, like Peter, the bishop on whom Christ founded his Church. “