'It's better to be an atheist than a greedy Christian' – Pope Francis

Pope
Francis in a sermon today in Rome said, Christians who exploit people,
lead a double life and get involved in “dirty business,” scandalize the
church,In fact, it might be better just to be an atheist, and so many
Christians are like this, and these people scandalize others, but to be a
Catholic like that, it’s better to be an atheist. It is that, scandal.
You destroy. You beat down, he said.

According
to Vatican Radio. Examples of such scandals abound, the Pope said,
adding that they destroy the church and the guilty Christian from
within. 

He
imagines a wealthy…