Vatican offers 'time off purgatory' to followers of Pope Francis tweets

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/16/vatican-indulgences-pope-francis-tweets

Great stuff! Catholics can sin, confess, then reduce their time in purgatory by reading the popes tweets!

And they wonder why religion is derided so very much.

 

Wait...didn't they officially stop believing in purgatory? Like....maybe a decade ago?

Could have sworn I remembered a big stink some time back about that.

 

Sweet, are they going to start offering half off during the Christmas season? How about A George Washington day sale?

then again, those would be the best commercials.

'C'mon down to Craaaazy Als Craaaazy Catholic Cathedral for a Craaaaaazy Deal on Purgatory. Anyone who comes in before the end of the weekend gets a free baptism on the first child'.

 

Unfortunately they already did this in the Middle Ages:

 

This kind of thing is literally THE EXACT REASON Martin Luther broke off from the Catholic Church.

 

Nice to see the Catholic church justifying the existence of Protestant churches.