There is a claim floating about on the internet that Pope Francis said “Jesus is Satan”.
Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, did not say this.
It is a result of a theological/linguistic misunderstanding by an uneducated You-Tuber.
As far as I can tell, the claim seems to have originated with this video:
The relevant sections starts at 10 seconds into the video.
From the Exsultet
This plainchant passage is from the Exsultet, also known as the Easter Proclamation, which is sung before the lighting of the Paschal candle, from the Roman Missal.
This sung service is entirely innocent, despite the dramatic underscore that was added by the maker of the video.
The entire text of the Exsultet can be found in this Wikipedia article in both English and the original Latin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exsultet
Here is the section in context:
Orámus ergo te, Dómine,
ut céreus iste in honórem tui nóminis consecrátus,
ad noctis huius calíginem destruéndam,
indefíciens persevéret.
Et in odórem suavitátis accéptus,
supérnis lumináribus misceátur.Flammas eius lúcifer matutínus invéniat:
ille, inquam, lúcifer, qui nescit occásum.
Christus Fílius tuus,
qui, regréssus ab ínferis, humáno géneri serénus illúxit,
et vivit et regnat in sæcula sæculórum.
This is the standard English translation of the passage:
Therefore, O Lord,
we pray you that this candle,
hallowed to the honour of your name,
may persevere undimmed,
to overcome the darkness of this night.
Receive it as a pleasing fragrance,
and let it mingle with the lights of heaven.
May this flame be found still burning
by the Morning Star:
the one Morning Star who never sets,
Christ your Son,
who, coming back from death's domain,
has shed his peaceful light on humanity,
and lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Amen.
Venus, the morning star. A metaphor.
In the Bible, the morning star, Venus, being the brightest star in the sky, is used as a metaphor for the fall of the evil Babylonian ruler in the book of Isaiah, and yet, strangely enough, the morning star is also used in the New Testament as a metaphor for Jesus in Revelation 22 and 2 Peter.
Lucifer means Morning Star.
In the Latin Vulgate, translated by St Jerome from the Greek, the word lucifer means morning star, the brightest star in the sky, the planet Venus in other words, literally lucifer means “Light bringer” in Latin.
In the Bible this brightest star in the sky was used as a metaphor in several different ways, firstly for the king of Babylon or possibly the prince of Babylon which may have meant some sort of evil angel that rules over Babylon; a metaphor that was later extended to refer to Satan following Jesus’ words in Luke 10:18.
Morning Star a metaphor for Satan:
Isaiah 14:12
“How you have fallen from heaven,
O morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the ground,
O destroyer of nations.”
Confusion because of an arguably inconsistent translation in the KJV
The confusion that Lucifer is a proper name for Satan is, however, a relatively modern problem, found purely in the English language, precisely because the word הֵילֵל helel, shining one, was transliterated directly from the Latin vulgate, as “Lucifer” light-bringer in Isaiah 14:12 in the King James Bible.
This is arguably a problematic translation, as it should probably simply be translated morning star. Since lucifer, in Latin, means light-bringer, and thus is an appropriate translation for הֵילֵל helel. Lucifer is not a proper name here.
Isaiah 14:12 (from https://biblehub.com/hebrew/1966.htm)
HEB: נָפַ֥לְתָּ מִשָּׁמַ֖יִם הֵילֵ֣ל בֶּן־ שָׁ֑חַר
NAS: from heaven, O star of the morning, son
KJV: from heaven, O Lucifer, son
INT: have fallen heaven star son of the dawn
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In the New Testament, however, the morning star is also used as a metaphor for Jesus.
Morning Star a metaphor for Jesus:
Revelation 22:16
“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”
2 Peter 1:19
So we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts.
To prove the point here is 2 Peter 1:19 in the Latin Vulgate:
2 Peter 1:19 - et habemus firmiorem propheticum sermonem cui bene facitis adtendentes quasi lucernae lucenti in caliginoso loco donec dies inlucescat et lucifer oriatur in cordibus vestris
Interestingly in Revelation the Latin Vulgate translates bright morning star as stella splendid et matutina.
Revelation 22:16 - ego Iesus misi angelum meum testificari vobis haec in ecclesiis ego sum radix et genus David stella splendida et matutina
Morning Star the gift Jesus gives to those who conquer:
Revelation 2:26-27
And to the one who is victorious and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations. He will rule them with an iron sceptre and shatter them like pottery —just as I have received authority from My Father. And I will give him the morning star.
Daniel Wallace
There is a much more detailed article about this linguistic misunderstanding by the wonderful Bible Scholar Daniel B. Wallace on bible.org
https://bible.org/article/lucifer-devil-isaiah-1412-kjv-argument-against-modern-translations
Pope Francis
Neither am I Catholic, nor do I agree with everything Pope Francis says or does (I probably agreed with his predecessor Benedict more often) nonetheless, this claim is an unjust accusation and should be rated as completely untrue.
Mixed up Metaphors?
Using the same natural phenomenon as the metaphor for something evil and something good is not unusual in the Bible; this is just speculation, but I wonder if God arranged this feature of the Biblical text in order to discourage idolatry? Otherwise, perhaps we might end up worshipping morning stars and lions and the sun and even yeast, if such natural phenomena always represented God in the Bible.
On the other hand, in the language of daily life we see this too: the same particular thing can have many different metaphorical uses; for instance, it can be raining cats and dogs, a person who is cowardly or cringing is called a dog, a dog can eat someone’s homework, one should let sleeping dogs lie, and a dog is a man’s best friend, etc…
Other instances of dual use metaphors in the Bible:
LION
The devil is a roaring lion (1 Peter 5:8)
Jesus as the lion of Judah (Revelation 5:5)
SUN
A potential idol
You must not worship the sun or the moon (Deuteronomy 17:3)
Something that might hurt you, that God will protect you from:
The sun won’t smite you (Psalm 121:6)
Righteousness:
But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall. (Malachi 4:2)
Jesus’ face in heaven (technically a simile):
In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength. Revelation 1:16
The premature destruction of Jerusalem:
“She who bore seven sons pines away; her breathing is labored. Her sun has set while it was yet day; she has been shamed and humiliated. So I will give over their survivors to the sword before their enemies,” declares the Lord. Jeremiah 15:9
And there are many more Sun comparisons from the Bible listed at https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/The-Sun
YEAST
The yeast of the Pharisees is evil Luke 12:1
However yeast also represents the growth of the kingdom of heaven from small beginnings Matthew 13:33 and Luke 13:20–21,
The Communist Pope IS Satan, he's a disgrace to Catholics and to the human race.