Sleeping With Someone Outside Your Marriage Is Not A Big Sin – Pope Francis

Sexual activity outside of marriage, according to Pope Francis, is “not the most serious sin.” On a flight back to Italy from Greece on Monday, the 84-year-old pope revealed this during a question-and-answer session with reporters.

“Fleshly sins are not the most serious,” he continued. Pride and hatred, he continued, are “the most serious.”

In response to a query concerning Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit’s “ambiguous” relationship with a woman, Francis made the statement.

Although Aupetit, 70, denied the relationship was sexual, he resigned to safeguard the Church’s reputation.

The Pope was also asked about Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit’s resignation, which he gave earlier this month after a French magazine reported he had had an intimate relationship with a woman.

Archbishops and higher-ranking members of the Catholic Church have traditionally practiced clerical celibacy, which implies they abstain from sexual activity. “I inadequately managed the matter with a person who came in contact with me many times,” the Archbishop said, denying the affair.

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“It was a failing on his part, a failing against the sixth commandment, but not a total one,” the Pope stated after accepting the Archbishop’s resignation.

“You shall not commit adultery,” according to the sixth commandment, which relates to persons who have sex outside of their marriages, but the Pope hinted it may also apply to priests who do not remain celibate. During the flight, the Pope stated that the Archbishop was removed owing to “gossip.”

“We’re all sinners,” he says. He can’t govern when the talk grows and destroys someone’s good name.”