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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 Chiles most notorious paedophiles, said the issue of his sexuality had arisen because some of the Latin American countrys 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 dont 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 Vaticans chief spokesman, did not respond to questions about whether Cruzs statement accurately reflected his conversation with the pope....
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TOPICS: Politics; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: antipope; chile; fernandokaradima; francis; homosexualagenda; juancarloscruz; popefrancis; religiousleft; romancatholicism; sin; unbiblical
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The pope loves you like this. Yes.
Yes he does.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This Pope is clearly Satan.
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posted on
05/20/2018 6:19:13 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The queer priest that raped the kid said the exact same thing the pope did.
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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 ...)
To: EEGator
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>> “This Pope is clearly Satan.” <<
Indwelt, as prophesied.
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posted on
05/20/2018 6:20:46 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The pope misspelled Fernando Karadima.
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posted on
05/20/2018 6:20:47 PM PDT
by
Rastus
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Another day, another heterodox statement from Bergoglio. Libera nos a malo.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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.
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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.)
To: ClearCase_guy
The popster is a fraud and an utter fool.
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posted on
05/20/2018 6:21:36 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To: Neoliberalnot
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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 ...)
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.
To: Ciaphas Cain
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The office of “Pope” is an “Antichrist.”
So what would an “anti-pope” be?
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posted on
05/20/2018 6:23:45 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
He might be the first Pope to end up in hell.
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posted on
05/20/2018 6:24:51 PM PDT
by
Kazan
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Not too surprising from the pope who told a child that everybody goes to heaven.
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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.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
05/20/2018 6:28:41 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Kazan
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posted on
05/20/2018 6:28:41 PM PDT
by
Bulwyf
To: irishjuggler
Heterodoxy on homosexuality?
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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)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
People are not born sexual deviants you commie pope.
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posted on
05/20/2018 6:30:39 PM PDT
by
Trillian
To: Kazan
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.
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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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