Quote Originally Posted by BeastMan View Post
The pope did not say that. It was a fake meme circulated on FB

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mass-exodus/
I'm definitely not referring to some dumb Facebook meme, a website I haven't even visited in almost 10 years.

This was shortly after he became pope. http://www.catholic.org/news/hf/fait...y.php?id=51077

"Even them, everyone, we all have the duty to do good, Pope Francis said on Vatican Radio.

"Just do good" was his challenge, "and we'll find a meeting point."

Francis explained himself, "The Lord created us in His image and likeness, and we are the image of the Lord, and He does good and all of us have this commandment at heart, do good and do not do evil. All of us. 'But, Father, this man is not Catholic! He cannot do good.' Yes, he can... The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ, all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! 'Father, the atheists?' Even the atheists. Everyone! We must meet one another doing good. 'But I don't believe, Father, I am an atheist!' But do good: we will meet one another there."

Another article from another statement he made in 2015: http://www.oregonlive.com/today/inde...ope_to_fa.html

"I start by saying -- and this is the fundamental thing -- that God's mercy has no limits if you go to him with a sincere and contrite heart," Francis wrote. "The issue for those who do not believe in God is to obey their conscience. Sin, even for those who have no faith, exists when people disobey their conscience."