Results: Pope Francis does not judge priests based on their sexual orientation
Published on 07/31/2013
During a press conference held in Brazil, Pope Francis stated that he would not judge priests for their sexual orientation, which is strays from some of the comments made by previous popes. According to Pope Francis “If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?"
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Do you think that the Catholic Church will become more tolerant towards priests that are homosexual about Pope Francis' remarks? No, I do not think that this will change the Catholic Church’s opinions about homosexuality and make them become more tolerant to homosexual priests
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Do you think that the Catholic Church will become more tolerant towards same-sex couples that want to get married? Yes, I think they will become more open-minded to same-sex couples that want to get married
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Hypothetically speaking, if the Pope announced that same sex marriages and couples was permitted within Catholicism, do you think the Catholic church would allow same sex couples to get married in a church? No, I don’t think the Catholic Church would allow same sex couples to get married in the Church
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