SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE ISN'T THE MOST SERIOUS SIN - POPE FRANCIS

Pope Francis, leader of the Catholic Church, has said sex outside of marriage isn't the most serious sin.

The pope said this during a question and answer session with reporters onboard the papal plane on Monday. He said: "Sins of the flesh are not the most serious."

Instead, he said that pride and hatred were "the most serious" of sins, Pope Francis made the comment in answer to a question about the Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit who resigned last week over an 'ambiguous relationship with a woman.