[Albion Wilde]

He did not say that. He said, "Se una persona è gay e cerca il Signore con buona volontà, chi sono io per giudicarlo?" This translates to, "If a person is gay and seeks the Savior with good intent, who am I to judge him?" Note that the verb "judge" (giudicar') is modified by the pronoun "lo", which means "him."

THEREFORE, He didn't say "who am I to judge?" with regard to homosexual behavior. He avoids, in fact, saying he doesn't judge by answering a question with a question. HOWEVER, he implies that his nonjudgmentalism is to the person with same-sex attraction who is earnestly seeking Christ, NOT to just any gay person regardless of their mindset. Nor is he exempting gay behavior from judgment, which he goes on to say that the Catechism has clearly explained is disordered behavior.

[IbJensen]

The problem then is in the convoluted text, or perhaps the delivery. Parsing what the new pontiff says is very difficult. My Italian isn’t what it should be perhaps.