DID THE POPE SAY THERE IS NO HELL?

Last week, Italian newspaper La Republica claimed Pope Francis told the paper’s founder, Eugenio Scalfari, that hell doesn’t exist. Damn!

The Vatican quickly walked back the quote, but admitted that, well, yes, the Pope did hang out privately with his 93-year old avowed atheist publisher pal that day.

Mind you, the Pope didn’t deny he said hell doesn’t exist, that denial was issued by the Vatican’s mouthpiece, Greg Burke.

More astounding than the notion that there is no hell is the hellish notion that the Pope has a flack named Greg Burke in the first place.

OK, so if hell doesn’t exist and we’ve been duped for a few thousand years into behaving ourselves unnecessarily, does that mean that, say, Hitler and Manson got passes from spending eternity with their heads on fire?

There are just so many people who deserve to hang upside down with Satan forever, that the idea that they’ll never spin on the spit of hellfire is just so disappointing.

But on the other hand, think of all the worry-free fun you can have now. In fact, you can let all hell break loose.