Pope Francis says hell – believed to be a place of condemnation for deceased sinners – does not exist. The pontiff reportedly said this in an interview with Daily La Repubblica, an Italian newspaper. “There is no hell where the souls of sinners suffer in eternity,” he was quoted as saying. “After death, the souls of people who repent are pardoned by God and join in his contemplation. But those who do not repent, and therefore cannot be pardoned, disappear. “Hell does not exist… what exists is the disappearance of sinful souls.” The pope was interviewed by Eugenio Scalfari, a…