Pope Francis: Sex and eating are ‘divine’ pleasures sent by God
out now in Italy. “The pleasure of eating and sexual pleasure come from God.”Francis continued, referring to the church’s past condemnation for life’s gustatory and sexual pleasures as “overzealous morality … A wrong interpretation of the Christian message.”“The pleasure of eating is there to keep you healthy by eating, just like sexual pleasure is there to make love more beautiful and guarantee the perpetuation of the species,” said the Pontifex Maximus.Views that banish such basic aspects of life “have caused enormous harm, which can still be felt strongly today,” the 83-year-old claimed.“I don’t think it’s unusual for a pope to say what he specifically said, though,” said writer and Catholic critic Peter Williams.