What does the Church say about the statements that the Pope Benedict XVI made in the book "God and the World"?
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In response to my earlier question , **apocalypse_info_click_here** answered:
> While that article in particular is a hoax... Each point in particular
> has been made and is old news.
>
> - Benedict XVI said that Genesis is based on a myth
> - Benedict XVI said that Heaven and Hell are not actual places
> - Benedict XVI abolished Limbo of the Children.
> - Francis says that atheists can be saved.
>
> Benedict XVI called Genesis a rehashing of pagan myths The pagan
> creation accounts on which the biblical story is in part based end
> without exception in the establishment of a cult, but the cult in this
> case is situated in the cycle of the do ut des.” “Cardinal” Joseph
> Ratzinger, A New Song for the Lord, 1995, p. 86:
>
> Benedict XVI abolished the Limbo of the Children and rejects infant
> baptism "This state people called limbo. In the course of our
> century, that has gradually come to seem problematic to us. This was
> one way in which people sought to justify the necessity of baptizing
> infants as early as possible, but the solution is itself questionable"
> “Cardinal” Joseph Ratzinger, God and the World, 2000, p. 401:
I'm a Catholic, and I'd like to know what the Catholic Church says about these controversial statements.
Asked by Lynob
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Jan 5, 2014, 07:04 PM
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