Pope Francis on Friday said
true doctrine is a unifying factor, contrary to ideology, in his
morning homily at Mass in the Vatican's Santa Marta residence.
"True doctrine unites while ideology divides", the pontiff
noted, reflecting on the so-called Council of Jerusalem held
around 49 AD which did not include religious male circumcision
as a requirement for new converts.
The first Christian community included "jealousy, power
struggles, a few sly people who wanted to gain and buy power",
the pope also said, according to Vatican radio.
"There have always been problems".
"We are human, we are sinners", the pope went on to say,
noting that sin brings humility and the need to get closer to
God "as the savior of our sins".
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