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(114,904 posts) Mon Jul 29, 2013, 08:51 AM Jul 2013

Pope says he won't judge gay priests [View all]

ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT (AP) - Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip. "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" Francis asked.

His predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, signed a document in 2005 that said men with deep-rooted homosexual tendencies should not be priests. Francis was much more conciliatory, saying gay clergymen should be forgiven and their sins forgotten.

Francis' remarks came Monday during a plane journey back to the Vatican from his first foreign trip in Brazil.

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20130729_ap_7b465b60945f40deb3a68b3de742f84a.html#rAGLFlqcJiwhqxa3.99

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Pope says he won't judge gay priests [View all] cali Jul 2013 OP

Damn..I figured he was a different cut. He's laying the groundwork. Katashi_itto Jul 2013 #1

He did say homosexuality is a sin. mucifer Jul 2013 #2

Sounds like a call to beat confessions out of those sinners to me. He is calling us names. Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #10

Of course he won't... brooklynite Jul 2013 #3

No one is judging priests for their sexual orientation pokerfan Jul 2013 #4

Given that all priests are supposed to be celibate... jberryhill Jul 2013 #5

"Orientation" is not limited to who you have sex with. morningfog Jul 2013 #6

According to Fancis if we actually have sex this is a terrible thing, so the other poster has a Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #8

Actually, it is a departure. cali Jul 2013 #11

The sin in this case is if gay priests, who are sworn to celibacy have sex. bklyncowgirl Jul 2013 #17

The point is... jberryhill Jul 2013 #9

I understand your point now. morningfog Jul 2013 #15

Most of the time, even I don't understand my point jberryhill Jul 2013 #16

cali this is no differnt from what all the religious bigots say 'hate the sin, love the sinner' Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #7

You think it's bad on GD theHandpuppet Jul 2013 #13

I disagree with some of the other posters. Beacool Jul 2013 #12

So, he's not going to burn them at the stake, but it's still a sin snooper2 Jul 2013 #14

I've got a feeling a John Paul I "incident" is in his near future. Apophis Jul 2013 #18