Pope Francis Showers Gay Mistry wh Praise Durg Pri Month

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?

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

SUPPORT YOUR CHILDREN IF THEY ARE GAY, POPE TELLS PARENTS

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. 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. 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?

POPE FRANCIS QUOT ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE

” 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.

POPE FRANCIS SAYS PARENTS SHOULD ‘NEVER NMN’ GAY CHILDREN

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. 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.

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

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. Alsandro Zan, the bill’s sponsor, said such ncerns were outlandish and not reflected the the pope clearly approved the terventn, Cardal Gvanni Battista Re told Rome’s Il Msaggero newspaper on reactn was tense and angry om Italians who acced the Vatin of impgg on the state’s mocratic procs and om trated and nfed gay Catholics who aga saw the pope, spe everythg he had said, as actg agast an apparent effort at damage ntrol, Cardal Pietro Parol, the Vatin’s secretary of state and the send hight-rankg official after the pope, released a statement on said that the Vatin was not seekg to block the legislatn but worried that the vague draft language, and the enormo latu of Italian judg, uld lead to crimal discrimatn charg for basic church practic. More about Jason HorowzA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 7 of the New York edn wh the headle: More Mixed Msag Are Sent by Pope Francis On Rights of Gay People.

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.

POPE FRANCIS ON GAY MARRIAGE, UNMARRIED MOTHERS … AND JOURNALISTS

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.