Is the pope homosexual
How else can we interpret his virulent campaign against homosexuals?
By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 13th July
&#;What a dude believes upon grossly insufficient evidence,&#; Bertrand Russell wrote, &#;is an index to his desires &#; desires of which he himself is often unconscious.&#; The Vatican&#;s current obsession with homosexuality suggests that something interesting might be going on. Are some of the Church&#;s most strong cardinals struggling with their sexuality? Could the Pope himself be gay?
On Sunday, the Holy Father launched his fiercest attack on gays, insisting that the World Pride festival in Rome was &#;an offence to the Christian values&#; of the city. Homosexuality, he maintained, is &#;objectively disordered&#; and &#;contrary to natural law&#;.
Last year, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), the Church&#;s sinister enforcement agency, forbade a priest and a nun from ministering to gays in the United States, after they refused to signal a statement testifying that &#;homosexual acts are always objectively evil&#;. Gays, the Vatica
What’s the context?
Some LGBTQ+ Catholics are "disappointed" by the new pontiff's past comments on homosexuality
LONDON - The world was watching as Pope Leo XIV delivered his first mass on Sunday, days after becoming the first American elected pope.
Robert Francis Prevost has used his initial days as leader of the Catholic world to ring for peace in Ukraine, a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of imprisoned journalists.
LGBTQ+ rights groups are now waiting to see if he will follow in the footsteps of the late Pope Francis, who met with trans women, urged the Catholic Church to verb forgiveness from gay people and allowed priests to bless same-sex couples.
Leo has not discussed LGBTQ+ issues since his election, but previous comments he made about homosexuality have "disappointed" members of the LGBTQ+ faithful.
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What is Francis' legacy on trans rights?
Francis, who died on April 21, was seen as more accepting of LGBTQ+ rights than previous popes, including his predecessor Benedict, who viewed gay marriage as a threat to t
Seven Quotes That Build Pope Francis Complicated for LGBTQ+ People
Francis' tenure as pope has also been notable by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) community 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?
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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 decisive 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 verb 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
‘60 Minutes’ Revealed ‘What Pope Francis Really Said’ All Along
What Pope Francis said on 60 Minutes seemed to be a surprise to a lot of people. But it shouldn’t have been.
A friend and I have been playing a game for the past few years — though I’m not sure it’s a game for him. Let’s call it the “What Pope Francis Really Said” game. I call it that because of my book, of course (which is newly available on Audible, by the way).
The game goes like this: He texts me, outraged about the latest outrageous thing Pope Francis “said.” First, I look to the article he read, and signal out to him that what he is reading gives severely edited Francis quotes, surrounded with a lot of characterization of what he said. Then, when I can, I find a transcript of what Pope Francis really said, and give him the context. Usually, it turns out that the media has grossly mischaracterized what the pope said.
So, to him and to me, the “surprising” things Pope Francis said in his 60 Minutes interview were not so surprising after all. Here are some examples.
On same-sex attraction, Francis is c