Pope Francis added: “It’s also a sin to lack charity with one another,”

newsbreak-USAWednesday, January 25, 2023 9:56:00 PM CET

Sarah Kate Ellis said: “His historic statement should send a message to world leaders and millions of Catholics around the world: LGBTQ people deserve to live in a world without violence and condemnation, and more kindness and understanding,”

guardianWednesday, January 25, 2023 9:00:00 PM CET

Pope Francis stated: “It’s not a crime. Yes, but it’s a sin,”

dailycallerWednesday, January 25, 2023 3:44:00 PM CET

Pope Francis said: “These bishops have to have a process of conversion,”

alternetWednesday, January 25, 2023 5:42:00 PM CET

Robert McElroy wrote: “It is a demonic mystery of the human soul why so many men and women have a profound and visceral animus toward members of the L.G.B.T. communities,”

koaaWednesday, January 25, 2023 7:15:00 PM CET

Pope Francis said: “If it’s not like this, there would be a dictatorship of distance, as I call it, where the emperor is there and no one can tell him anything,” “Criticism helps you to grow and improve things”

bostonglobeThursday, January 26, 2023 12:08:00 AM CET

Patrick T Brown added: "I do think that some of the debates that consumed the church over the yearspoliticians receiving Communion if they support abortionare, in some respects, on the way out in future years. It's going to be a smaller church, where the people who inherit it see it as something that's part of their identity,"

newsweek-USAWednesday, January 25, 2023 9:04:00 PM CET

Francis DeBernardo said: “We are all children of God, and God loves us as we are and for the strength that each of us fights for our dignity,”

dailynewsWednesday, January 25, 2023 5:10:00 PM CET

Pope Francis said: “Being homosexual is not a crime,”

ibtimesWednesday, January 25, 2023 11:39:00 PM CET

Pope Francis said: “First, let us distinguish sin from crime,”

bostonglobeThursday, January 26, 2023 12:08:00 AM CET

Pope Benedict XVI wrote: “Indeed, we must urgently implore the Lord’s forgiveness and above all pray and beg him to teach us all to understand anew the greatness of his passion, of his sacrifice,”

dailycallerWednesday, January 25, 2023 3:44:00 PM CET

Pope Francis said: “We are all children of God, and God loves us as we are and for the strength that each of us fights for our dignity,”

dailynewsWednesday, January 25, 2023 5:10:00 PM CET

David Gibson said: "Finally, the pope, and the Church by way of the pope, is saying that anti-gay laws should be undone. They're unjust. And the church has never spoken out against criminalizing homosexuality,"

cbslocalWednesday, January 25, 2023 11:33:00 PM CET

James Martin notes: “In some 70 countries, homosexual relations are still a crime,” “in a few countries, a person can be executed for being gay. This is a historic step forward for the church, and the Pope’s clear statement today will help to lessen violence against LGBTQ people and save lives”

alternetWednesday, January 25, 2023 5:42:00 PM CET

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Argentina  [58%]

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