Christians Should Apologize to Gays For Maltreatment- Pope Francis
Category: World News
Despite the bible condemning Homosexuality in Leviticus 18:22,
'You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an
abomination.'(NIV version), the leader of the Roman Catholic church Pope
Francis has made some controversial statements saying that the Roman
catholic church should apologize to gays for offending them.
While on a press conference aboard the Papal Plane on his
way from Armenia, Pope
Francis responded to a question from a journalist about a
German Cardinal who said the Catholic Church should apologize for being
"very negative" about gays.
The Pope was also asked, by the same
journalist, whether Christians bear some blame for hatred toward the
LGBT community, as horrifically demonstrated in the Orlando massacre at a
gay night club that killed 49 people on June 12.
"I
repeat what the Catechism of the Catholic Church says: that they must
not be discriminated against, that they must be respected and
accompanied pastorally,"
"The Church must ask forgiveness for
not behaving many times -- when I say the Church, I mean Christians!
The Church is holy, we are sinners!"
"I believe
that the church not only should apologize to the person who is gay whom
it has offended," he added, "but has to apologize to the poor, to
exploited women, to children exploited for labor; it has to ask
forgiveness for having blessed many weapons."
"One
can condemn, but not for theological reasons, but for reasons of
political behavior...Certain manifestations are a bit too offensive for
others, no?
"But these are things that have nothing to do with
the problem. The problem is a person that has a condition, that has
good will and who seeks God, who are we to judge? And we must accompany
them well."
He told reporters on the
plane "there are traditions in some countries, some cultures, that have
a different mentality about this question (homosexuals)" and there are
"some (gay) demonstrations that are too offensive for some".
The
pope did not elaborate on what he meant by seeking forgiveness for the
Church "having blessed so many weapons", but it appeared to be a
reference to some Churchmen who actively backed wars in the past.
Source: CNN
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