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Contents:

• POPE FRANCIS LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH
• POPE FRANCIS REPORTEDLY TELLS GAY MAN, 'GOD MA YOU THAT WAY AND LOV YOU'
• POPE FRANCIS TELLS GAY MAN: ‘GOD MA YOU LIKE THAT AND LOV YOU LIKE THAT’
• POPE FRANCIS' LGBTQ MENTS ARE NOT SURPRISG BUT SCERE, GAY VATIN ADVISER SAYS
• POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY IS A S BUT NOT A CRIME AND CRICIZ 'UNJT' ANTI-GAY LAWS
• EXCLUSIVE: TAYLOR MARSHALL SAYS POPE FRANCIS MAY CHANGE POSN OF CATHOLIC CHURCH ON GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY MAN SAYS POPE FRANCIS TOLD HIM 'GOD MA YOU LIKE THIS' AND ' DON'T MATTER'
• YAYO GRASSI, GAY MAN AND POPE'S FORMER STUNT, OPENS UP ABOUT MEETG WH FRANCIS DC

POPE FRANCIS LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH

Fernánz wrote about the oral soon after Bergogl was elected Pope Francis, reuntg that a newspaper article he had penned about gay marriage had been clud the anonymo dossier and that an unnamed Vatin “ngregatn” – believed to be the one rponsible for Catholic tn -- repeatedly refed to receive him to expla has also had to acknowledge mistak his handlg of a 2019 se volvg a prit acced of sexually abg mors. Pope Francis has cricised laws that crimalise homosexualy as “unjt”, sayg God lov all his children jt as they are, and llg on Catholic bishops who support the laws to wele LGBTQ+ people to the church.

“Beg homosexual isn’t a crime, ” Francis said on Tuday an terview. Francis acknowledged that Catholic bishops some parts of the world support laws that crimalise homosexualy or discrimate agast LGBTQ+ people, and he himself referred to the issue terms of “s”.

Francis’s ments, which were hailed by gay rights advot as a tone, are the first uttered by a pope about such laws. Gay rights advot say the antiquated laws are ed to jtify harassment, and pot to new legislatn, such as the “Don’t say gay” law Florida, which forbids stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty om krgarten up to third gra, as evince of ntued efforts to margalise LGBTQ+ UN has repeatedly lled for an end to laws crimalisg homosexualy outright, sayg they vlate rights to privacy and eedom om discrimatn and are a breach of untri’ obligatns unr ternatnal law to protect the human rights of all people, regardls of their sexual orientatn or genr inty.

POPE FRANCIS REPORTEDLY TELLS GAY MAN, 'GOD MA YOU THAT WAY AND LOV YOU'

Francis quoted the Catholic techism sayg gay people mt be weled and rpected, and should not be margalised or discrimated agast. Some Catholic bishops have strongly upheld them as nsistent wh Vatin teachg, while others have lled for them to be overturned as a vlatn of basic human Tuday, Francis said there need to be a distctn between a crime and a s wh regard to homosexualy. Church teachg holds that homosexual acts are sful, or “trsilly disorred”, but that gay people mt be treated wh digny and rpect.

Francis has not changed the church’s teachg, which has long riled gay Catholics. But he has ma reachg out to LGBTQ+ people a hallmark of his pope’s ments didn’t specifilly addrs transgenr or nonbary people, jt homosexualy, but advot of greater LGBTQ+ cln the Catholic Church hailed the pope’s ments as a momento advance. Pope Francis reportedly told a gay man om Chile who was visg the Vatin that God ma him that way and lov him the way he Carlos Cz, who was reportedly a victim of sexual abe at the hands of a prit, reportedly spent days at the Vatin to talk about his reportedly told El Pais, a Spanish newspaper, that the two had a nversatn about his homosexualy and said he was told, “Juan Carlos, I don’t re about you beg gay.

POPE FRANCIS TELLS GAY MAN: ‘GOD MA YOU LIKE THAT AND LOV YOU LIKE THAT’

”The Los Angel Tim reported that the Vatin did not nfirm the pope’s ments given that was a private pope has upheld Catholic teachg on homosexualy, reeratg the church's opposn to same-sex relatnships. " ment durg his first airborne prs nference 2013, signalg a new era of acceptance and wele for gays the church. Francis followed up by meetg wh gay and transgenr Jam Mart, the thor of “Buildg a Bridge, ” told The Tim that Francis’ reported ments are a “big al” bee is likely the first time the pope ma a ment “about gay people beg born that way.

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

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Progrsiv should remember that rdals om the Global South do not necsarily have progrsive views on the rights of women and gays. Gay man: Pope told me 'God ma you like that'. A victim of cleril sexual abe has said that Pope Francis told him that God ma him gay and that his sexualy “do not matter.

The Pope’s words would amount to a signifint parture om the teachg of the Roman Catholic Church, which nsirs homosexualy “objectively disorred” and ntrary to God’s law. Pope Francis' LGBTQ ments are not surprisg but scere, gay Vatin adviser says.

POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY IS A S BUT NOT A CRIME AND CRICIZ 'UNJT' ANTI-GAY LAWS

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.

EXCLUSIVE: TAYLOR MARSHALL SAYS POPE FRANCIS MAY CHANGE POSN OF CATHOLIC CHURCH ON GAY MARRIAGE

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. Pope Francis cricized laws that crimalize homosexualy as “unjt, ” sayg God lov all his children jt as they are and lled on Catholic bishops who support the laws to wele LGBTQ people to the church.

GAY MAN SAYS POPE FRANCIS TOLD HIM 'GOD MA YOU LIKE THIS' AND ' DON'T MATTER'

“Beg homosexual isn’t a crime, ” Francis said durg an terview Tuday wh The Associated Prs. Francis acknowledged that Catholic bishops some parts of the world support laws that crimalize homosexualy or discrimate agast the LGBTQ muny, and he himself referred to the issue terms of “s. Gay rights advot say the antiquated laws are ed to harass homosexuals, and pot to new legislatn, such as the “Don’t say gay” law Florida, which forbids stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty krgarten through third gra, as evince of ntued efforts to margalize LGBTQ Uned Natns has repeatedly lled for an end to laws crimalizg homosexualy outright, sayg they vlate rights to privacy and eedom om discrimatn and are a breach of untri’ obligatns unr ternatnal law to protect the human rights of all people, regardls of their sexual orientatn or genr inty.

Francis quoted the Catechism of the Catholic Church sayg gays mt be weled and rpected and should not be margalized or discrimated agast. Some Catholic bishops have strongly upheld them as nsistent wh Vatin teachg that nsirs homosexual activy “trsilly disorred, ” while others have lled for them to be overturned as a vlatn of basic human 2019, Francis had been expected to issue a statement opposg crimalizatn of homosexualy durg a meetg wh human rights groups that nducted rearch to the effects of such laws and so-lled “nversn therapi. ”On Tuday, Francis said there need to be a distctn between a crime and a s wh regard to homosexualy.

YAYO GRASSI, GAY MAN AND POPE'S FORMER STUNT, OPENS UP ABOUT MEETG WH FRANCIS DC

“Beg homosexual is not a crime, ” he said.

Catholic teachg holds that while gays mt be treated wh rpect, homosexual acts are “trsilly disorred. ” when he was asked about a purportedly gay prit, Francis has gone on to mister repeatedly and publicly to the gay and trans muny. As archbishop of Buenos Air, he favored grantg legal protectns to same-sex upl as an alternative to endorsg gay marriage, which Catholic doctre forbids.