Pope Francis' support for crimalizatn is a good first step, but the church needs to revis s humanizg teachgs on genr inty and sexual orientatn and repair the teachgs' harm, says a gay Catholic.
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Pope Francis has recently exprsed support for the crimalizatn of homosexualy, urgg bishops worldwi to unrgo a "nversn" toward the LGBTQ+ muny. While the change tone is a step forward for LGBTQ+ Catholics, the Catholic Church's teachgs on homosexualy and genr inty still need revisn to repair the harm flicted on queer people.
Dpe the posive velopments, Francis has never proposed a review of the church's teachgs on homosexualy light of scientific or psychologil evince.
Catholic doctre holds that a homosexual orientatn is not sful, but the stutnal church matas that actg upon same-sex attractns is "trsilly disorred. Science and psychology nfirm that homosexualy is an nate aspect of the human experience. A 2019 Science study refut the notn of a so-lled "gay gene" by ncludg that multiple geic ponents factor to the velopment of sexual inty, addn to social and environmental elements.