Posted on 06/26/2016 5:25:56 PM PDT by SkyPilot
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should seek forgiveness from homosexuals for the way they had treated them.
Speaking to reporters aboard the plane taking him back to Rome from Armenia, he also said the Church should ask forgiveness for the way it has treated women, for turning a blind eye to child labor and for "blessing so many weapons" in the past.
In the hour-long freewheeling conversation that has become a trademark of his international travels, Francis was asked if he agreed with recent comments by a German Roman Catholic cardinal that the Church should apologize to gays.
Francis looked sad when the reporter asked if an apology was made more urgent by the killing of 49 people at a gay club in Orlando, Florida this month.
He recalled Church teachings that homosexuals "should not be discriminated against. They should be respected, accompanied pastorally."
He added: "I think that the Church not only should apologize ... to a gay person whom it offended but it must also apologize to the poor as well, to the women who have been exploited, to children who have been exploited by (being forced to) work. It must apologize for having blessed so many weapons."
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A squirrel who has lost his nuts.
Who’s going to apologize to the innocent victims killed by contaminated blood transfusions?
Is this guy a disease-ridden, boy-raping whack-job? What have they done with the real Pope? (Benedict)
I’ve been an ex-Catholic for about 44 years. Is that past the statute of limitations?
He makes it harder and harder every day for me to stay true to my faith. I have to remind myself that after all, he is just one man.
Was there something lost in translation?
WTF is wrong with this guy? (and I say that as a Catholic)
How about the little boys raped by gay priests?
Where are their apologies?
As we march ever closer ....
WOW! Hard to believe.
I wonder if the Unitarians have thought about having a pope. This guy would fit in fine.
The Pope is off his rocker!!
Apologizing to liberals tells them one thing: “I’m guilty”. It gives them all the justification they need to hate you even more. The Catholic Church doesn’t have anything to apologize for. It’s done far more good in this world than any liberal atheist organization.
First Corinthians 6:9. Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men.
The Pope considers himself to be above the Apostle Paul.
867V309 sez fags should ask forgiveness from Christians for fag agenda.
Paul Ryan a close second.
Seems the globalists got rid of him. Just my suspicion.
What? Has the income to the Church dropped recently? Does this guy have to drop to this level of liberalism to save the Catholic church?? Well, he is a far leftist, we know. So maybe that is what it is about...../s
Wonder what admonishments His Excellency might have for Jesus on the matter. In fact, that would be a very interesting conversation to overhear if it were only possible.
I think the Catholic Church needs to dethrone this guy before they find themselves in serious moral freefall.
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