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A Thousand Years Ago, The Catholic Church Paid Little Attention To Homosexuality, Lisa Mcclain
A Thousand Years Ago, The Catholic Church Paid Little Attention To Homosexuality, Lisa Mcclain
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Pope Francis has spoken openly about homosexuality. In a recent interview, the pope said that homosexual tendencies “are not a sin.” And a few years ago, in comments made during an in-flight interview, he said,
“If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?”
However, the pope has also discouraged homosexual men from entering the priesthood. He categorically stated in another interview that for one with homosexual tendencies, the “ministry or the consecrated life is not his place.”