There has been a fair bit of discussion of Pope Francis’ suggestion that the Our Father’s petition “lead us not into temptation” be changed. The reason given for this proposal is that God never leads us into temptation, that is, tempts us to sin. Satan may tempt us to sin, but God does not. In this light, the pope states that he prefers the French and Spanish translations not “to let us fall into temptation.” Recently, the Italian Bishops Conference voted to change the Our Father to “do not abandon us to temptation.”
On one level the point that Pope Francis
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