NPR's Leila Fal speaks wh Juan Carlos Cz, a gay Chilean man who is a survivor of clergy sex abe, about remarks by Pope Francis that crimalizg homosexualy is "unjt."
Contents:
- IS POPE FRANCIS GAY? – A TIMELE OF HIS PRO-GAY RERD
- WHO IS ANCIS GAY THOR OF THE IENDSHIP BOOK?
- POPE FRANCIS LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH
- POPE FRANCIS' LGBTQ MENTS ARE NOT SURPRISG BUT SCERE, GAY VATIN ADVISER SAYS
IS POPE FRANCIS GAY? – A TIMELE OF HIS PRO-GAY RERD
LGBTQ+ advot hail Pope’s rejectn of sexual orientatn as crime and ll to bishops to rist anti-gay laws as ‘tone’ * francis is gay *
Gay man: Pope told me 'God ma you like that'. What do Pope Francis really thk about homosexualy?
WHO IS ANCIS GAY THOR OF THE IENDSHIP BOOK?
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.
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.
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.
POPE FRANCIS' LGBTQ MENTS ARE NOT SURPRISG BUT SCERE, GAY VATIN ADVISER SAYS
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.