Speaking in Spanish in the film, Pope Francis says, “Homosexual people have a right to be in a family. They are children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out or be made miserable over it. What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered.”
Pope Francis repeatedly has said publicly that parents should not and must not disown a child who is gay, and, on several occasions, he has spoken about the rights all people have to have a family.
In a 2019 interview on Mexican television, he was asked about his opposition to gay marriage in Argentina and his openness to LGBT people as pope.
“I have always defended doctrine,” he said. “It is a contradiction to speak of homosexual marriage.”
But he also told the interviewer, “Homosexual persons have a right to be in the family; persons with a homosexual orientation have a right to be in the family and parents have the right to recognize a son or daughter as homosexual; you cannot throw anyone out of the family, nor make life impossible for them.”
He's a Jesuit catholic. He believes in being humble and serving God and the people. One of the first things he did as pope was have the gaudy robes and blingy pope chair removed. He has literally washed the feet of the poor. He acts more in line with Jesus' teachings than any evangelical I've heard of in the last half century.
I'm an atheist. This pope is doing God's work more than any pope in a long damn while.
BadgerMountain on November 3rd, 2020 at 17:56 UTC »
"The pope speaks for God, he is Gods right hand here on earth. Unless he disagrees with my bigotry."
jimtrickington on November 3rd, 2020 at 19:03 UTC »
Here are the Pope’s views in full context:
Speaking in Spanish in the film, Pope Francis says, “Homosexual people have a right to be in a family. They are children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out or be made miserable over it. What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered.”
Pope Francis repeatedly has said publicly that parents should not and must not disown a child who is gay, and, on several occasions, he has spoken about the rights all people have to have a family.
In a 2019 interview on Mexican television, he was asked about his opposition to gay marriage in Argentina and his openness to LGBT people as pope.
“I have always defended doctrine,” he said. “It is a contradiction to speak of homosexual marriage.”
But he also told the interviewer, “Homosexual persons have a right to be in the family; persons with a homosexual orientation have a right to be in the family and parents have the right to recognize a son or daughter as homosexual; you cannot throw anyone out of the family, nor make life impossible for them.”
JectorDelan on November 3rd, 2020 at 19:27 UTC »
He's a Jesuit catholic. He believes in being humble and serving God and the people. One of the first things he did as pope was have the gaudy robes and blingy pope chair removed. He has literally washed the feet of the poor. He acts more in line with Jesus' teachings than any evangelical I've heard of in the last half century.
I'm an atheist. This pope is doing God's work more than any pope in a long damn while.
EDIT for correct denomination.