Pope Francis says the Catholic Church is open to everyone, including the LGBTQ community, and that it has a duty to accompany them on a personal path of spirituality but within the framework of its rules.
Pope Francis said on Sunday that the Catholic Church is open to everyone, including the gay community, and that it has a duty to accompany them on a personal path of spirituality but within the framework of its rules.
in June. He said his stitches had been removed but had to wear an abdominal band for another two or three months until his muscles strengthened., the 86-year-old pope appeared in good form as he took questions for about half an hour at his customary freewheeling post-trip press conference while seated at the front of the reporters’ section in the rear part of the plane.
This was an apparent reference to women not being allowed to become priests through the sacrament of Holy Orders and same-sex couples not allowed to contract marriage, which is also a sacrament.“According to the legislation, they cannot partake in sacraments. This does not mean that it is closed. Each person encounters God in their own way inside the Church,” he said.
During one event during the trip to Portugal, he told a crowd that the Church had room for everyone, “including those who make mistakes, who fall or struggle”, and led the crowd in a chant of “Todos, todos, todos!” .
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