criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church.said during an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press.
Some 67 countries or jurisdictions worldwide criminalize consensual same-sex sexual activity, 11 of which can or do impose the death penalty, according to The Human Dignity Trust, which works to end such laws. Experts say even where the laws are not enforced, they contribute to harassment, stigmatization and violence against LGBTQ people.
Declaring such laws “unjust,” Francis said the Catholic Church can and should work to put an end to them. “It must do this. It must do this,” he said. Such laws are common in Africa and the Middle East and date from British colonial times or are inspired by Islamic law. Some Catholic bishops have strongly upheld them as consistent with Vatican teaching that considers homosexual activity “intrinsically disordered,” while others have called for them to be overturned as a violation of basic human dignity.
On Tuesday, Francis said there needed to be a distinction between a crime and a sin with regard to homosexuality.
A lot of people would agree. In America, we need LGBTQs to stop directing our school kids that they are whatever sex they WANT to be despite the body parts they were born with. Like the Emperor's new clothes tale, just cause people say you aren't naked doesn't change the truth
Hypocrite
How about greed and hoarding wealth, such as the Catholic Church is wont to do?
Who cares about his opinion ?
Yep sure is !! Wickedness!!
He’s basically saying that there’s no (or should be no) punishment for being gay while you’re still alive, which is true. It’s only after do you pay for your sins…..I mean, if you believe in that shit lol
WGAF?
What about that Nazi gold in your basement?
Everyday a priest rapes a kid. In every town in every city and every country. But this guy thinks he can give his opinion about anything? BS
The Bible teaches that everyone has sinned. Homosexuality is offensive to God as is greed, murder, etc. While He allows it, it does not mean He approves of it. According to Romans, Homosexuals know inherently that it is wrong but choose to reject God.
So… they shouldn’t go to prison but they should go to hell? Sounds Catholic to me.
It is a sin but it is not a crime. This pope is indeed what he represents. HYPOCRISY. CHRISTIANITY IS INDEED THE BEDROCK OF HYPOCRISY.
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My mom came to me 3 months after she died to tell me that God was not happy people questioned on how he created his children, spoke for him, judged for him and the lack of humanity and he was judging harshly even on earth. Bad things happen to you maybe you should think.
Huh?
It is a sin. Judged no differently than adultery or fornication.
How about Keep your religion at home and stop forcing it on everyone else.
He said it's a fucking SIN! Who the fuck is he?
Molesting children is a sin and laws against it are just
The true character of this institution is more apparent today than ever before. Be warned.
I pray for all you people that Hate on God because your going to see him in all his glory very soon, and I don't mean Satan's antichrist he's a joke but when the Eastern sky splits you'll all see how real God is.
We all sin anyway.
It’s a sin……right from popes mouth… thus no heaven! Got it 2 face!
He can go to hell. Worry about priests molesting children before you worry about homosexuality
I understand it love the sinner hate the and shouldn’t Penalize or Criminalize the lifestyle choices of a certain group. But they also must be willing to accept the consequences of their lifestyle choices.
Says the leader of the planets largest pedophile ring..HILARIOUS
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Do we really care what the pedo enabler says?
He right that it's a sin. He's right that people should be treated kindly. He's right to welcome them to church. If sinners are excluded from church, the church would be empty. Everyone has sin issues. Only Christ was sinless.
The Bible is one of the first examples of propaganda!! The whole religion is a scam!! Abraham, Moses, Hercules, Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha never existed!!
Love ❤️ is love
Sin isn't real. The Cult of Christianity is the world's 1 criminal organization. The GOP is just a branch of the main fraud racket.
Gotta keep everyone happy.
Pour le pape un péché n'est pas un crime?
I’d like Islamic scholars to weigh in on this…
Just as Jesus would have it. Hate the sin, love the sinner.
god isn't real so what now?
Can you imagine if dolphins or orangutans did this? Had some specially elected guy in white decide whether you’re good or bad and what you can and can’t do ? Lol
So the Bible is unjust?
As a young Catholic, I was taught that being homosexual wasn’t a sin but engaging in homosexual activity was. So basically it’s like saying that it’s ok to be a music lover as long as you don’t go around creating or consuming music. 🥴
Definitely a sin. Perversion is a sin.
Tell your pedophile priests that.
There’s no doubt that this dude is gay.
So the bible says that ALL men (and women) are created equal, gay or straight, so wouldn't that mean people who are gay, are are part of God's children, and maybe God chose them to be that way So why are they being discriminated against all the time?
EMPTY THE PEWS. Child molestation is a real sin, yet the church turned a blind eye to that for years. The church has NO standing to tell us what’s a sin anymore. Catholicism is toxic.
I mean they’ll burn for all eternity, the least we can do is not lock them up in prison before they get there.
I want what the pope is taken, lol not fair
He’s so irrelevant.
Can’t have your papal cake and eat it too. His views are what caused this mess.
He is showing 2 faces at the same time. According to Christianity it's a sin but According to Satanism criminalising a sin is wrong , unjust.
pope hypocrite needs a little attention. Pontifex should focus on the pedophiles in his employ as well as using the billions of dollars his church is hoarding to lift people out of poverty. Feed and house the poor. This is why people are leaving your church in droves.
so in other words party on and give to the plate on Sundays.
Sins being criminal doesn't work for the extortion rings. doAsWeSayOrBurn only works if sinning is practical. The less sin, the less guilt, the less praying for forgiveness.
It’s confusing.
Where were chicks in the last supper then…?
The pope is wrong as always his pathetic liberalization of the church is driving more people away than anything
And yet a number of priests are gay…
Says the head of a church that covered up child abuse and torture of children for decades .
A sin, but not a crime. That's still progress. popefrancis
If he thinks that’s bad, wait til he hears what the Bible says!
This pope is a pedo. And should be sent straight back to hell.
This is so great. The word homosexual was added to the Bible in 1959. Right around the same time that priest were diddling kids. The original translation of the verse implied child molesters. Can't have that in the good book.
“He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.” - Jesus Christ
What comes first crimes or sins. What birthed sins, isn't it crimes?
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Let GOD do his GOD thing. Human laws should not.
Repent means you are sorry for your sins and turn away from them because it disgusts your soul. Is it better to repent on earth than wait to pay in heaven? Or is it better to follow a pope who tells you it's ok to sin and you shouldn't be punished for it?
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Narrator: It is not a sin
In this one, Pope is 100% correct. Loving someone IS NOT A CRIME.
Write evangelicals will now start a movement to defrock the Pope.
I guess it’s good he doesn’t want to legislate his religious beliefs into law, nice dig at Florida for saying you shouldn’t be talking to 7 year olds about sex though.
Priests touching kids is a sin, but that sure doesn’t keep the Catholic Church from defending them.
I respect his statement.
Some of the tentacles of the past are impacting the vaticanPolicies. It is understandable that people are sceptical about the PopeFrancis intentions. The Vatican is hell bent on doing things the right way and doing it clean. RecalibratingPaedophilePolicies
Who died and made him pope? .... oh......right.
I am not so sure that Jesus trafficed in so much nuance.
Being human is a sin. There are dysfunctional people in all walks of life. There are dysfunctional relationships in all kinds of unions. The opposite is true. There are divine people and divine relationships in all kinds of forms. God by all kinds of names is bigger than man.
Pope; Homosexuality sin not a crime? For the most part the homosexuality that included boys in Catholic Church is called Pedophilia & that is a crime. If sin is un-repentant carry’s a sentence of eternal hell. Sin is a crime against a Holy God’s laws. Pope forgets he’s not God!
The ol Francisco two step
I couldn’t care less what this mafia boss thinks.
Wait…
He may recognize that while he sees the behavior as sinful, his personal belief shouldn't be translated into law. I wish more people in this country understood that. It's one of our founding principles.
I don’t know if it’s a sin. I think people who think homosexuality is a sin are those who want to criticize nowadays people don’t born lots of babies
Now the truth emerges! So paedophiles are sinners, not criminals? IN THE EYES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH! Explains a lot?
The Catholic Church are bit like being bisexual aren’t they…got a foot in both camps
Revelation 13. The rise of the beast(666)
Leviticus 18:22 'Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.' So if the Pope is denying scripture that would make him the Anti-Christ no? Everyone knew the antichrist would be a Catholic.
Walking that fence, to keep those weekly donations coming. How does God view greed?
This double standard. Is he in support or against it? He should make his stands now. So that we pass our judgment on him.
Yeah well coming from the Pope and the Vatican try reading between the lines.
I can think of bigger sins the Catholic Church should be worried about.
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