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Pope Francis tells gay man: 'God made you like this'
The Manchester Guardian ^ | May 20, 2018

Posted on 05/20/2018 6:18:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A survivor of clerical sexual abuse has said Pope Francis told him that God had made him gay and loved him, in arguably the most strikingly accepting comments about homosexuality to be uttered by the leader of the Roman Catholic church.

Juan Carlos Cruz, who spoke privately with the pope two weeks ago about the abuse he suffered at the hands of one of Chile’s most notorious paedophiles, said the issue of his sexuality had arisen because some of the Latin American country’s bishops had sought to depict him as a pervert as they accused him of lying about the abuse.

“He told me, ‘Juan Carlos, that you are gay does not matter. God made you like this and loves you like this and I don’t care. The pope loves you like this. You have to be happy with who you are,’” Cruz told Spanish newspaper El País.

Now 87, Fernando Karadima, the man who abused Cruz, was found guilty of abuse by the Vatican in 2011.

Greg Burke, the Vatican’s chief spokesman, did not respond to questions about whether Cruz’s statement accurately reflected his conversation with the pope....

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Politics; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: antipope; chile; fernandokaradima; francis; homosexualagenda; juancarloscruz; popefrancis; religiousleft; romancatholicism; sin; unbiblical
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1 posted on 05/20/2018 6:18:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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The pope loves you like this.

Yes.

Yes he does.

2 posted on 05/20/2018 6:19:09 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This Pope is clearly Satan.


3 posted on 05/20/2018 6:19:13 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The queer priest that raped the kid said the exact same thing the pope did.


4 posted on 05/20/2018 6:20:36 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot (MSM is our greatest threat. Disney, Comcast, Google Hollywood, NYTimes, WaPo, CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC ...)
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To: EEGator

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>> “This Pope is clearly Satan.” <<

Indwelt, as prophesied.
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5 posted on 05/20/2018 6:20:46 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The pope misspelled “Fernando Karadima.”


6 posted on 05/20/2018 6:20:47 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Another day, another heterodox statement from Bergoglio. Libera nos a malo.


7 posted on 05/20/2018 6:21:02 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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What will it take for Francis to be declared an antipope?

This man is inflicting damage that will be plaguing the Catholic Church for decades if not centuries to come.

8 posted on 05/20/2018 6:21:17 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (Progressives are turning America into "Harrison Bergeron" if conceived by Ayn Rand.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

The popster is a fraud and an utter fool.


9 posted on 05/20/2018 6:21:36 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Was he sitting down?


10 posted on 05/20/2018 6:21:41 PM PDT by Ken Regis
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To: Neoliberalnot

Said not “did”


11 posted on 05/20/2018 6:21:42 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot (MSM is our greatest threat. Disney, Comcast, Google Hollywood, NYTimes, WaPo, CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC ...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
In addition to being a proven incompetent in the various physical sciences, he now demonstrates that he is incompetent in the behavioral sciences. Whaddasupprise.
12 posted on 05/20/2018 6:21:48 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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The office of “Pope” is an “Antichrist.”

So what would an “anti-pope” be?
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13 posted on 05/20/2018 6:23:45 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He might be the first Pope to end up in hell.


14 posted on 05/20/2018 6:24:51 PM PDT by Kazan
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Not too surprising from the pope who told a child that everybody goes to heaven.


15 posted on 05/20/2018 6:28:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Keep looking up.


16 posted on 05/20/2018 6:28:41 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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*cough*


17 posted on 05/20/2018 6:28:41 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: irishjuggler

Heterodoxy on homosexuality?


18 posted on 05/20/2018 6:28:51 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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People are not born sexual deviants you commie pope.


19 posted on 05/20/2018 6:30:39 PM PDT by Trillian
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He might be the first Pope to end up in hell.

I am pretty sure Pope Paul the Sixth will be there awaiting his arrival.

20 posted on 05/20/2018 6:34:26 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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