The Pope Francis said that Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should apologize to gay people.
Pope Francis on Sunday has once again showed his good heart by saying that Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should apologize to gay people and has to seek forgiveness for the way gay people have been treated.
The Pope was able to talk with some reporters while he travels aboard the plain from Armenia to Rome. Also, the pope said that, “I think that the Church not only should apologize… to a gay person whom it offended but it must also apologize to the poor as well, to the women who have been exploited, to children who have been exploited by (being forced to) work. It must apologize for having blessed so many weapons,” he added.
“We Christians have to apologize for so many things, not just for this (treatment of gay people), but we must ask for forgiveness. Not just apologize – forgiveness,” The Pope said.
Pope Francis recap’ Church teachings that homosexuals “should not be discriminated against. They should be respected, accompanied pastorally.”
“The question is: If a person who has that condition, who has good will, and who looks for God, who are we to judge?” the Pope added, repeating his famous “Who am I to judge?” remark about homosexuality made early in his papacy.
The statements made by the Pope indicates that the church will be more conciliatory to the gay community, but also prompted criticism from the Church’s more conservative members. When asked about the Orlando Florida incident, the Pope had a very sad reaction through his eyes.
The Church teaches that homosexual tendencies are not sinful but homosexual acts are, and that homosexuals should try to be chaste according to the faith of Christians.