Catholic pontiff Pope Francis has called for transsexual and
homosexual people to be accepted and respected by the Catholic Church.
The Pope made the remarks aboard his papal plane while
returning to Rome from a three-day visit to Georgia and Azerbaijan. According
to him: “When a person arrives before Jesus, Jesus certainly will not say, ‘Go
away because you are homosexual. Each case must be welcomed, accompanied,
studied, discerned and integrated. This is what Jesus would do today.”
He, however, stressed that he doesn’t support schools
teaching youngsters sex changes and described gender theory as part of a
“global war” against marriage.
He recounted a story of a woman from Spain who had a sex
change to become a man and subsequently married a woman. The couple were
invited to the Vatican after the transgender man wrote the Pope a letter, where
he told about his transition and hateful attitude of a local priest. The Pope
said: “Life is life, and things should be taken as they come. Sin is sin, but
tendencies or hormonal imbalances … can cause many problems and we have to be
careful. But each case must be welcomed, accompanied, studied, discerned and
integrated.
He then joked with the reporters: “Please don’t write that
the Pope will bless transsexuals. I can see the front pages of newspapers now.”
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