The Pope’s ‘shockg’ statement on gay marriage is g an uproar among Catholics – The Hill

Contents:

• IS POPE FRANCIS GAY? – A TIMELE OF HIS PRO-GAY RERD
• POPE FRANCIS SHOWERS GAY MISTRY WH PRAISE DURG PRI MONTH
• POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY "IS NOT A CRIME," BUT GAY SEX IS "A S"
• POPE FRANCIS LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH
• THE POPE’S ‘SHOCKG’ STATEMENT ON GAY MARRIAGE IS G AN UPROAR AMONG CATHOLICS
• POPE FRANCIS CONMNS ANTI-GAY LAWS AROUND THE WORLD: 'BEG HOMOSEXUAL IS NOT A CRIME'

IS POPE FRANCIS GAY? – A TIMELE OF HIS PRO-GAY RERD

Gay man: Pope told me 'God ma you like that'. What do Pope Francis really thk about homosexualy? He is gay.

POPE FRANCIS SHOWERS GAY MISTRY WH PRAISE DURG PRI MONTH

The Italian news magaze Vatin Insir, as well as other Italian media outlets, reported that Francis spoke about gay men the semary to the Italian Bishops’ Conference durg a closed-door ssn. ” Meang that, if someone is gay, they shouldn’t study for the prithood.

That stance puts Francis le wh his precsor, Pope Benedict XVI, who issued a document 2005 statg that men wh “eply rooted homosexual tennci” shouldn’t be allowed to study for the prithood. The Pope’s public ments on gay men and women provi at least some hts of what he really thks.

POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY "IS NOT A CRIME," BUT GAY SEX IS "A S"

That is, for Francis, beg gay and the teachg of the Catholic Church is an “and/and” proposn.

POPE FRANCIS LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH

The two reali seem to be ntradictory if we nsir that Francis has exprsed publicly and shown his meetgs wh gays and transgenr persons an openns to who they are and how they live.

He said, “Who am I to judge?, ” embraced a former stunt and his gay partner Washgton, and hosted a transgenr man om Spa at the Vatin. Yet, the official teachg of the Catholic Church on beg gay is that “the homosexual clatn is objectively disorred” and same-sex upl nnot marry the Catholic Church. So while Francis’ words and gtur sometim seem to give the msage, “It’s OK that you’re gay, ” that msag seem to be ntradicted by the l of the church he erns.

THE POPE’S ‘SHOCKG’ STATEMENT ON GAY MARRIAGE IS G AN UPROAR AMONG CATHOLICS

The fact is that Francis has given no ditn that he wants to change Catholic Church teachg or l on beg gay or gay relatnships.

To be clear – bee this is often a nfed pot – the Catholic Church distguish between beg gay and actg on same-sex attractn. Even beg gay, which the Catholic Church lls an “clatn, ” is “objectively disorred, ” acrdg to the church. Includ the techism’s teachg about gay men and women is that they “mt be accepted wh rpect, passn and sensivy.

Fally, the Catholic Church do not e down firmly on the “nature or nurture” qutn; whether one is born gay or is a choice.

POPE FRANCIS CONMNS ANTI-GAY LAWS AROUND THE WORLD: 'BEG HOMOSEXUAL IS NOT A CRIME'

So how to rencile Francis’ radil openns to gay people wh his church’s firm posn that beg gay or lbian is “disorred” and s disapproval of gay relatnships? “I have acpanied people wh homosexual tennci and also wh homosexual practic, ” Francis said durg an -flight prs nference returng om Azerbaijan October, 2016. “When a person this suatn before J, J will surely not say, ‘Go away bee you are homosexual.

Conservativ say that acpanyg gay men and women should clu a rrectn of their liftyle; progrsiv say Francis’ acpaniment should clu a change doctre. Based on his rerd and strong fense and protectn of homosexual prits, bishops and rdals the clergy, his endorsement of Fr.