Pope francis comments on homosexuality
Seven Quotes That Construct Pope Francis Complicated for LGBTQ+ People
Francis' tenure as pope has also been notable by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans person and queer (LGBTQ+) collective for his adoption of a more conciliatory tone toward LGBTQ+ people than that of his predecessors. "But anyone who utters Christian words without putting them into practice hurts oneself and others," said Pope Francis in
So where does Pope Francis stand on LGBTQ+ people?
ON INCLUSION
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"If they accept the Lord and have goodwill, who am I to judge them?"
Let's start off with one of the most determinative moments in Francis' papacy for LGBTQ+ people. When asked about gay priests during a spontaneous exchange with the press, he responded, "If they [gay priests] accept the Lord and have goodwill, who am I to assess them? They shouldn't be marginalized. The tendency [same-sex attraction] is not the problem they're our brothers."1
The fact that Pope Francis made such a comment – and used the word "gay" in English – was radical, and helped propel significant conversations in parishes and dioce
'God loves us as we are': Pope says homosexuality is not a crime
Pope Francis has criticised laws that criminalise homosexuality as "unjust," saying God loves all his children just as they are.
Key points:
- The Merged Nations has repeatedly called for an end to laws criminalising homosexuality
- Pope Francis' comments are the first uttered by a pope about such laws
- 67 countries or jurisdictions criminalise consensual same-sex sexual activity
The head of the Catholic Church also called on Catholic bishops who support such laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church.
"Being homosexual isn't a crime," he said in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Pope Francis recognized that Catholic bishops in some parts of the earth supported laws that criminalise homosexuality or discriminate against LGBTQ people, and he himself referred to the issue in terms of "sin".
But he attributed such attitudes to cultural backgrounds, and said bishops in particular need to undergo a process of change to recognise the dignity of
Pope allegedly used derogatory term for gay people
BBC Religion Editor
Pope Francis is reported to hold used extremely derogatory language in an incident that could own a profound impact on the way his attitude towards male lover people is perceived.
When asked at the Italian Bishops’ Conference if gay men should now be allowed to train for the priesthood as long as they remained celibate, Pope Francis said they should not.
He is then believed to have continued by saying in Italian that there was, in the Church, already too much of an atmosphere of frociaggine, which translates as a highly offensive slur.
Although it was a meeting that happened behind closed doors, the Pope’s reported comments were first conveyed to the Italian tabloid website Dagospia.
Other Italian news agencies hold since confirmed the Pope’s words citing numerous sources.
There has been shock at the Pope’s reported language at this private encounter, particularly as he has often talked publicly of being respectful towards gay people.
Progressive supporters of the Pope have long argu
Unearthed comments from new pope alarm LGBTQ+ Catholics
After years of sympathetic and inclusive comments from Pope Francis, LGBTQ+ Catholics expressed trouble on Thursday about aggressive remarks made more than a decade ago by Father Robert Prevost, the new Pope Leo XIV, in which he condemned what he called the “homosexual lifestyle” and “the redefinition of marriage” as “at odds with the Gospel”.
In a address to the world synod of bishops, the man who now leads the church said that “Western mass media is extraordinarily successful in fostering within the general public enormous caring for beliefs and practices that are at odds with the Gospel – for example abortion, lesbian lifestyle, euthanasia”.
In the remarks, of which he also read portions for a video produced by the Catholic News Service, a news agency owned by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the cleric blamed mass media for fostering so much “sympathy for anti-Christian lifestyles choices” that “when people hear the Christian letter it often inevitably seems ideological and emotionally cruel”.
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