Openly Gay Catholic Prit Discs Pope Francis' Appeal For LGBTQ Protectns : NPR

Contents:

• 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
• OPENLY GAY CATHOLIC PRIT DISCS POPE FRANCIS' APPEAL FOR LGBTQ PROTECTNS
• BREAKING: POPE SAYS IT’S OKAY TO BE GAY
• THE POPE’S ‘SHOCKG’ STATEMENT ON GAY MARRIAGE IS G AN UPROAR AMONG CATHOLICS
• IT SHOULDN’T SEEM SO SURPRISG WHEN THE POPE SAYS BEG GAY ‘ISN’T A CRIME’ – A CATHOLIC THEOLOGIAN EXPLAS

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

Gay man: Pope told me 'God ma you like that'.

What do Pope Francis really thk about homosexualy? He is gay.

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.

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

The Pope’s public ments on gay men and women provi at least some hts of what he really thks. That is, for Francis, beg gay and the teachg of the Catholic Church is an “and/and” proposn. 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.

OPENLY GAY CATHOLIC PRIT DISCS POPE FRANCIS' APPEAL FOR LGBTQ PROTECTNS

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 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.

BREAKING: POPE SAYS IT’S OKAY TO BE GAY

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. 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. Pope Francis: Homosexualy "isn't a crime".

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

Rome — Pope Francis has lled laws crimalizg homosexualy as fundamentally "unfair, " makg clear that the md of the lear of the Catholic Church, "beg homosexual is not a crime. Francis reerated, however, church teachg that engagg homosexual activy is sful. Pope signals support for same-sex unns parture om Catholic Church stance on gay rights.

Catholic Church teachg says that gay people mt be weled to the church and treated wh rpect and kdns, spe the fact that homosexual acts are nsired "trsilly disorred.

IT SHOULDN’T SEEM SO SURPRISG WHEN THE POPE SAYS BEG GAY ‘ISN’T A CRIME’ – A CATHOLIC THEOLOGIAN EXPLAS

"However, Pope Francis has repeatedly champned homosexual rights and advoted for cln of LGBTQ people Catholic life.

Stat still have laws agast sodomy, spe the Supreme Court clarg them unnstutnal pope said that some bishops om untri that crimalize homosexualy support the laws bee they're part of the lol culture, and he lled on those bishops to unrgo a procs of "nversn, " orr to wele LGBQT people to their mistry "wh tenrns. Pope Francis has cricised laws that crimalise homosexualy as “unjt”, sayg God lov all his children jt as they are, and llg on Catholic bishops who support the laws to wele LGBTQ+ people to the church. “Beg homosexual isn’t a crime, ” Francis said on Tuday an terview.

Francis acknowledged that Catholic bishops some parts of the world support laws that crimalise homosexualy or discrimate agast LGBTQ+ people, and he himself referred to the issue terms of “s”.