Posted on 02/07/2023 7:57:08 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski
In a novel in-air press conference with the head of the Church of England and the head of the Church of Scotland, Pope Francis repeated his remarks first made on January 25 about the need for an end to anti-sodomy laws.
Noting that some 50 countries have anti-sodomy laws, Francis said as he was returning from a six-day trip to Africa, “The criminalization of homosexuality is a problem that cannot be ignored.”
While the laws criminalize behaviors and not inclinations, Pope Francis conflated the two concepts in his remarks, saying of the anti-sodomy laws: “Persons with homosexual tendencies are children of God. God loves them. God accompanies them… condemning a person like this is a sin. Criminalizing people with homosexual tendencies is an injustice.”
Rt. Rev. Iain Greenshields, the Moderator of the Church of Scotland, which permits homosexual “marriage” in their churches, praised Francis for his remarks, as did the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the lead bishop of the Church of England, which permits homosexual blessings in their churches. “I entirely agree with every word he said there… I shall certainly quote the Holy Father. He said it so beautifully and accurately,” Welby said.
In his January 25 remarks, Pope Francis said that the Catholic Church needs to be involved in the dismantling of laws that criminalize homosexuality and that the Catholic bishops of Africa and other places that have such laws need a “conversion.”
The Pope’s mounting pressure on Africa in particular comes at the same time as a heavy push from the West to have Africa embrace homosexuality. The pressure has come in the form of loans and grants being contingent on such moves…
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2 Sodomites 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel of LGBTQI to every creature. 16 He that believeth and comes out shall be rewarded by the world; but he that believeth not shall be censored and marginalized. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In the name of Satan they shall mutilate kids, inculcate mental illness to children, destroy businesses that won’t commission sodomy; 18 They shall imitate serpents; they shall take drugs incessantly; they shall be sick and never recover.
Laws against homosexual acts should be renewed, everywhere.
The pope is a dope.
WHEN, I SAY, WHEN is God going to to recall him?
He partakes of his sacrament.
The heretical “pope.”
But...We Catholics are still taught that we will go to Hell for eating a Cheeseburger on Friday’s during Lent.
He’s right. How would jail inmates get laid?
As are people with pedophile tendencies, arson tendencies, and many other criminal "tendencies."
Since the death of Pope Benedict the World has had no Holy Father and this pretender has been more and more emboldened embracing humanist evils.
No we aren't taught that and never have been.
“The pope is a homo” There I said it.
It’s an obsession with him. Maybe he should rename himself Pope Fruit.
There’s a reason why the Bible says to put these deviants to death and we are seeing that reason as they infect our schools and pervert our children.
The woke pope be a poke
I’m trying to imagine the looks on my nun teachers’ faces if Pope Paul VI had said that.
>> But...We Catholics are still taught that we will go to Hell for eating a Cheeseburger on Friday’s during Lent. <<
Don’t fall for Satan’s ploy. Can’t you see this is a campaign to stomp out ALL religion? If even the most outrageous offenses are normalized (and let’s be clear: Anti-sodomy laws are almost ALWAYS written to prevent male rape), then even the simplest sacrifice done for your own spiritual benefit seems stupid by comparison. I suck at abstaining, so don’t let me be a hypocrite, but abstinence should be done out of love for Christ, not fear of Hell.
“GloboHomo” Not to correct you but to place the target on the bullseye.
Does anyone here disagree with the theological statement? I haven’t taken a close look at what he’s said and been saying but criminalization leads to persecution and that’s certainly the case in parts of Africa and the Middle East.
He’s not saying their acts aren’t sinful just that criminalization (persecution) is immoral.
RE: Pope Francis renews call to end anti-sodomy laws
While he was at it, as the MORAL leader of Catholics, did Francis speak out against the PRACTICE of Sodomy itself?
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