Pope Francis Discs Gay Catholics: 'Who Am I To Judge?' : The Two-Way : NPR

Contents:

• POPE FRANCIS SHOWERS GAY MISTRY WH PRAISE DURG PRI MONTH
• POPE FRANCIS' LGBTQ MENTS ARE NOT SURPRISG BUT SCERE, GAY VATIN ADVISER SAYS
• POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY "IS NOT A CRIME," BUT GAY SEX IS "A S"
• SUPPORT YOUR CHILDREN IF THEY ARE GAY, POPE TELLS PARENTS
• POPE FRANCIS QUOT ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
• POPE FRANCIS SAYS PARENTS SHOULD ‘NEVER NMN’ GAY CHILDREN
• POPE FRANCIS DISCS GAY CATHOLICS: 'WHO AM I TO JUDGE?'
• POPE FRANCIS ON GAY MARRIAGE, UNMARRIED MOTHERS … AND JOURNALISTS

POPE FRANCIS SHOWERS GAY MISTRY WH PRAISE DURG PRI MONTH

Francis' tenure as pope has also been notable by the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) muny for his adoptn of a more nciliatory tone toward LGBTQ people than that of his precsors.

When asked about gay prits durg a spontaneo exchange wh the prs, he rpond, "If they [gay prits] accept the Lord and have goodwill, who am I to judge them?

POPE FRANCIS' LGBTQ MENTS ARE NOT SURPRISG BUT SCERE, GAY VATIN ADVISER SAYS

The fact that Pope Francis ma such a ment – and ed the word "gay" English – was radil, and helped propel signifint nversatns parish and dc on LGBTQ equaly to this day. Pope Francis joed 90 prison mat for lunch durg his vis to Napl, cludg 10 om the ward which ho those who are gay, transgenr, or have HIV/AIDS.

Pope Francis' willgns to clu gay, trans and HIV+ prisoners his luncheon and to allow an LGBTQ advocy group on the para route, but not mentng eher of them his talks, shows the plited approach he is takg to LGBTQ issu.

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

The Catholic lears are expected to discs chang to several ntroversial areas of church teachg, cludg divorce and homosexualy.

SUPPORT YOUR CHILDREN IF THEY ARE GAY, POPE TELLS PARENTS

While the Pope's welg tone of acceptance is a step the right directn, the Catechism of the Catholic Church [#2357]3, the "homosexual acts" Catechism exprsed by our LGBTQ children ntue to be characterized as "trsilly disorred... There is a basic herence between the Pope's words and the Church's teachg on homosexualy that realy prent ser moral dilemmas for Catholic mothers and fathers of LGBTQ children.

Last year, Father Mart clared that church have a special duty to celebrate Gay Pri sce much anti-gay vlence has been “motivated by relign.

POPE FRANCIS QUOT ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE

Participatg Pri events durg June is one way to live out the Catholic Catechism’s ll to treat homosexuals wh rpect, he proposed.

Catholics should celebrate Pri Month, he said, bee Gay Pri is “a celebratn of the human digny of a group of people who have been for so long treated like dirt. Jt last week, Father Mart asserted that celebratg Gay Pri is patible wh votn to the Sacred Heart bee both teach about the love of J.

After the 2017 publitn of Father Mart’s book, Buildg a Bridge, Archbishop Chaput reproached the prit for failg to summon gay Catholics to “nversn” rather than simply askg for “affirmatn. Pope Francis' LGBTQ ments are not surprisg but scere, gay Vatin adviser says. An openly gay advisor to the Vatin says he's not surprised by Pope Francis' claratn that "beg homosexual isn't a crime.

POPE FRANCIS SAYS PARENTS SHOULD ‘NEVER NMN’ GAY CHILDREN

In his first terview sce the ath of former Pope Benedict XVI, Francis told the Associated Prs that laws crimalizg homosexualy are "unjt" and that Catholic bishops should apply "tenrns" and help ease discrimatn by welg LGBTQ people to the church. Cz says the church's sistence that homosexualy is "s, " a posn embraced by the pope, is "shameful, " although Cz says the pope appears to be tryg to shift the church's relatnship wh the LGBTQ muny. And he shifts this, you know, wordg, like you said , Leila, but he highlights how important is that 's more sful, you know, havg thgs agast your neighbor or beg uncharable, or crimal towards the gay muny, that's sful.

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTAn enuragg note om Pope Francis pped an pecially disorientg week on the Vatin’s stance toward gay Casilli/RtersPublished June 27, 2021Updated July 6, 2021VATICAN CITY — A lear the Roman Catholic Church’s effort to reach out to L. Catholics revealed on Sunday that Pope Francis had sent him a eply enuragg note, ppg an pecially disorientg week on the Vatin’s attu toward gay Tuday, the Vatin nfirmed that had tried to fluence the affairs of the Italian state by exprsg grave ncerns about legislatn currently Parliament that creas protectns for L.

POPE FRANCIS DISCS GAY CATHOLICS: 'WHO AM I TO JUDGE?'

And days later, the Vatin’s send mand sisted the church had nothg agast gay rights, but was protectg self om leavg the church’s re beliefs open to crimal charg of eight years after Pope Francis famoly rpond, “Who am I to judge? ” on the issue of gay Catholics, has bee creasgly difficult to discern where he stands on the issue. ”Those words will almost certaly give sucr to Francis’ liberal supporters, many of whom were eply disheartened by a March rponse by the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah, the church’s top doctral office, to an quiry about whether Catholic clergy have the thory to bls gay unns.

“Negative, ” was the answer, which Francis people who support gay rights and are close to the pope say he told them that he relented unr prsure om the ngregatn, a cisn he regretted and hoped to rectify.

Francis stunned the fahful and a secular dience more acctomed to sldg about homosexualy and gay marriage when asked by reporters about a prit who was said to be gay, he rpond, “Who am I to judge? ”His landmark 2016 document on fay — tled “The Joy of Love” — rejected same-sex marriage but lled on prits to be welg to people nontradnal relatnships, like gay recently, Francis exprsed support for same-sex civil unns. People the church, which ma the Vatin’s March rejectn of the blsg of gay unns so much Carlos Cz, a Chilean sexual abe survivor and gay person whom the pope beiend, wrote an opn article a Chilean newspaper that cricized the doctral watchdog’s rejectn of blsgs as sultg to L.

POPE FRANCIS ON GAY MARRIAGE, UNMARRIED MOTHERS … AND JOURNALISTS

Church’s doctral office is led by Cardal Luis Ladaria, who was handpicked by the pope and is seen as lock step wh an explanatory note, the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah said that while welg gay people, who have a right to be blsed, the church will not bls same-sex unns bee God “do not and nnot bls s. Vatin officials wh knowledge of the document said that the pope did not at any time oppose the cisn, and that he was absolutely clear on qutns of church cisn prompted wispread disappotment, even disgt, among gay Catholics and their advot.