LGBTQ+ advot hail Pope’s rejectn of sexual orientatn as crime and ll to bishops to rist anti-gay laws as ‘tone’
Contents:
- POPE FRANCIS LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH
- POPE FRANCIS SHOWERS GAY MISTRY WH PRAISE DURG PRI MONTH
POPE FRANCIS LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH
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Ever sce Francis answered a qutn about a gay prit 2013 wh his own now famo qutn, “Who am I to judge?, ” many Catholics have hailed the pontiff as a bean of hope for LGBTQ clivy. But while Francis has often shown his words and personal acts of chary that he is close to LGBTQ dividuals, the Vatin as an stutn has done ltle to rest s hard doctral le, which views homosexualy as sful and as “trsilly disorred.
Dpe the Vatin’s recent terference on the Zan bill, “that’s not who Pope Francis is, ” Cz said, addg that private nversatns the pontiff mak clear that not only did God make the activist gay, but lov him the way he is.
POPE FRANCIS SHOWERS GAY MISTRY WH PRAISE DURG PRI MONTH
In March, jt as the Vatin’s Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah put out a document banng blsgs of gay upl — “God nnot bls s, ” read — Francis was heard supportg civil unns for gay dividuals an terview wh Mexin broadster Televisa.
Ocsnally the pontiff’s statements on homosexualy seem to ntradict themselv.
The thorizatn to fly the flag – which was not a mandate – was given ahead of May 17, observed as the ternatnal day agast homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia.