Posted on 02/01/2023 6:33:13 PM PST by marshmallow
An openly gay advisor to the Vatican says he's not surprised by Pope Francis' declaration that "being homosexual isn't a crime."
Juan Carlos Cruz, an internationally known Chilean advocate and survivor of clerical sexual abuse, told NPR the pope's remarks made for an "incredible day."
In his first interview since the death of former Pope Benedict XVI, Francis told the Associated Press that laws criminalizing homosexuality are "unjust" and that Catholic bishops should apply "tenderness" and help ease discrimination by welcoming LGBTQ people into the church.
On Tuesday, Cruz told Morning Edition's Leila Fadel that anti-sodomy laws in dozens of countries, including some that impose the death penalty, are "horrifying," but the pope's moral leadership will help civil authorities, bishops, and cardinals to "change their heart" and join the pontiff in speaking out.
"The pope highlights that the LGBTQ community is not sinful and criminal," said Cruz.
Cruz, who is a member of the Vatican's Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, also dissents from Catholic teachings. Cruz says the church's insistence that homosexuality is "sin," a position embraced by the pope, is "shameful," although Cruz says the pope appears to be trying to shift the church's relationship with the LGBTQ community.
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Homosexual acts are sinful and should be criminal.
This pope and his gay cronies get more disgusting every day.
Ping
Thanks Vatican II.
He’s likely a fag
Why is there a gay advisor in the Vatican?
ANTI pope. Evil is not the pope.
The only ones available are all gay
Gay Vatican advisor is redundant.
“...Catholic bishops should apply “tenderness”...”
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That’s been the problem...clergy applying “tenderness” in more ways than one.
The Vatican has a “gay advisor”? What does he advise them on? Homosexuality may not be a crime in many countries, but man’s laws do not necessarily conform to God’s laws. Not every sin is illegal.
That ... and that awesome Otis Redding tune...
The Catholic Church is the whore of Babylon. Sending millions to hell. They will be left behind, so they can refute the rapture by saying see? We are still here. There was no rapture
They don’t want to join churches they want to destroy them.
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