Pope Francis says prits nnot bls same-sex unns, dashg hop of gay Catholics - The Washgton Post

Contents:

• OPENLY GAY CATHOLIC PRIT DISCS POPE FRANCIS' APPEAL FOR LGBTQ PROTECTNS
• POPE FRANCIS SHOWERS GAY MISTRY WH PRAISE DURG PRI MONTH
• POPE FRANCIS LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH
• POPE FRANCIS SAYS PRITS NNOT BLS SAME-SEX UNNS, DASHG HOP OF GAY CATHOLICS
• ON GAY PRITS, POPE FRANCIS ASKS, ‘WHO AM I TO JUDGE?’

OPENLY GAY CATHOLIC PRIT DISCS POPE FRANCIS' APPEAL FOR LGBTQ PROTECTNS

Openly Gay Catholic Prit Discs Pope Francis' Appeal For LGBTQ Protectns Rachel Mart speaks wh Fr.

Openly Gay Catholic Prit Discs Pope Francis' Appeal For LGBTQ Protectns. He's an openly gay Catholic MASSINGALE: I was actually very exced and even jubilant, I have to say. I was very, very pleased to hear the pope make this kd of endorsement of civil unns for gay and lbian persons.

And he says that gay and lbian persons have the right to a fay and a right to a fay life. And so this ll for the civil regnn and protectn of gay civil unns, 's really an affirmatn of the humany of gay and lbian persons - that he's sayg that bee gay and lbian persons are human begs, that society, that the state, that ernments have an obligatn and a duty to protect their basic human Do extendg the right to a civil unn and acknowledgg that LGBTQ people should be allowed to have a partner their life through a civil unn and a fay - do that mean children? Now, may seem to be a semantic difference, but I thk what the pope is sayg is that he is not opposed to the legal regnn of fay life and the right for gay and lbian persons to raise and have As a gay Catholic yourself, I mean, as a man of fah, as a Catholic, is somehow ls signifint, I would image, a civil unn than beg able to be married the church?

POPE FRANCIS SHOWERS GAY MISTRY WH PRAISE DURG PRI MONTH

I personally - and I know many others, gay and lbian persons and those who are alli and who love - would want the church to be able to one day regnize the lovg mments of LGBTQ persons the sacrament of marriage. We have to remember that homosexualy is still crimalized over 70 untri.

And what the pope is dog wh this kd of claratn - he's clearly puttg the Catholic Church on the si of agast the crimalizatn of behavr and favor of protectg the human digny of gay and lbian But help me unrstand this bee 's my unrstandg that the Catholic Church still nsirs homosexualy to be a s, not somethg that should be enuraged a liftyle. In this untry, there have been efforts to say that Catholics, Catholic stutns n't be volved or the adoptn - or allowg gay and lbian parents to adopt children.

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

And I thk that this really giv a different lens for that kd of nversatn that go on the Catholic Church that we're basilly sayg that, no, gay and lbian persons n, you know, have a right to a fay. 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.

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.

POPE FRANCIS SAYS PRITS NNOT BLS SAME-SEX UNNS, DASHG HOP OF GAY CATHOLICS

That same year, when asked about gay members of the clergy, he famoly rpond, “Who am I to judge? Per the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “homosexual acts” are nmned Catholicism, but homosexualy self is not nsired a s. The Church doctre enurag members to wele and rpect gay parishners, though also stat that gay members are “lled to chasty, ” acrdg to the Human Rights Campaign s asssment of the Church’s stance on LGBTQ issu.

ON GAY PRITS, POPE FRANCIS ASKS, ‘WHO AM I TO JUDGE?’

But an appearance a documentary released October 2020, Francis dited support for same-sex civil unns, llg gay Catholics “children of God” who “have a right to a fay. The Vatin this month opposed an anti-homophobia law troduced Italy’s Parliament, which uld require some Catholic schools the untry to adopt state-mandated lsons on tolerance and genr, CNN reported last week. 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. 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.