Pope Francis tells parents who affirm their children as LGBT: ‘God loves your children as they are’ Pope Francis has repeatedly delivered mixed signals, often seeming to significantly depart from Church teaching regarding the pastoring of individuals afflicted with homosexuality and transgenderism Pope Francis meets with Mara Grassi, vice-president of the Tenda di Gionata, Association of LGBT Christians and their parents, Sept. 17, 2020, Rome. VATICAN CITY, September 18, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis has again implicitly affirmed the notion that God purposefully makes people same-sex attracted and gender dysphoric, telling a group of Italian parents who affirm their children...