The Pope Told A Gay Man That 'God Loves You Like This,' Making Him The Most Accepting Catholic Leader To Date
The pope invited Cruz and other victims of a Chilean predator priest to discuss their cases last month. He said that his sexuality came up because some of the Latin American country's bishops were trying to portray him as a pervert and claimed he was lying about the abuse.
"He told me, 'Juan Carlos, that you are gay does not matter, '" Cruz said. "You know Juan Carlos, that does not matter", the Pope said, according to Cruz's account he told to CNN. I even had a moment of seeking solace from a Black pastor who told me he could accept me as a Black brother, but "can't accept you as my brother in Christ".
"If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge?" he replied. It has a history of firing Openly gay men and women from Catholic positions not to mention the Church's Catechism says gay men and women "are contrary to the natural law".
"I welcome any statement from Pope Francis which reminds people that gay people (like anyone) should love themselves", Robertson concluded.
A separate letter released by the Vatican urged the bishops to move in the direction of "a prophetic Church, capable of putting at the center what's important: service to her Lord in the hungry, the imprisoned, the migrant, the abused".
The Vatican has not yet confirmed or clarified the comments that Cruz said the Pope made regarding homosexuality. Given this situation, the archdiocese is not able to offer further comment on these reports.
Now the Catholic Church does not recognize or allow gay marriages.
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"He told me: 'Juan Carlos, I don't care about you being gay".
"He is a loving man who really embraces everybody", he said.
Eleven of the group are under 80, the age limit for entering the secret conclave that will be called to elect a new pope once Francis dies or retires. 'I don't want my abuser to end up living in a plush retirement home'.
The man accused of molesting Cruz, Fernando Karadima, now 87, was found guilty by the Vatican and banished from the church. Now 87 and living in a nursing home in Chile, he has always denied any wrongdoing.
The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests have said that they hope Francis accepts the resignations of the Chilean bishops "in keeping with his word to no longer be a "part of the problem" of child sex abuse and cover-up in the Catholic Church".
Each of the candidates, the cardinal told the pope, gave "a convinced and coherent witness to the Lord Jesus".
But days after returning to Rome, the pope, citing new information, sent sexual abuse investigator Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta to Chile to speak to victims, witnesses and other church members.
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