Spoiler alert! No. No, he didn't. This Mirror article, however, will have you believe otherwise. See the link below.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/pope-francis-anyone-who-discards-14430539
I've mentioned this in a previous post of mine where I talked more in depth about the Church's teaching on homosexuality. Every time this article mentions church teaching, they actually get church teaching wrong.
It's very much apparent that the writer of this article cares so little about the accuracy of their article when it comes to the church's teaching on homosexuality. It seems that they've painted a caricature of all Christians as people who believe that the gays are less of people than the rest of us. It's quite disheartening as the Catholic position on this is very easy to find and upon comparison with Pope Francis' statement, there's not much argument there.
This is another one of those journalists who are trying to inject a certain narrative into their story oh so very subtly. The Church has always held the dignity of every human person, no matter what they may feel or believe. The Church also defends truth and rejects lies. So when the pope says we need to have compassion for the people in the LGBT community, of course we should! This has been known since day 1! What the Church doesn't do is say that homosexual acts are okay.
The article closes by saying that gone are the days when the church says "You are intrinsically disordered." but I'd challenge the author to point to a time when the church taught this at all! What the church teaches is that "Homosexual ACTS are intrinsically disordered." The humans still have their dignity and that's something no one can take away.
I find it curious the author mentions a quote from the Pope and does't understand what he's trying to say. The pope says that we are all too fixated on the adjective (gay) and we forget the noun (man). That means we derive our dignity from our being human, not from being gay, straight, black, white or Asian. And this has always been church teaching. There's nothing new here. Just some journalist who thought they stumbled upon something new.
It's very much apparent that the writer of this article cares so little about the accuracy of their article when it comes to the church's teaching on homosexuality. It seems that they've painted a caricature of all Christians as people who believe that the gays are less of people than the rest of us. It's quite disheartening as the Catholic position on this is very easy to find and upon comparison with Pope Francis' statement, there's not much argument there.
This is another one of those journalists who are trying to inject a certain narrative into their story oh so very subtly. The Church has always held the dignity of every human person, no matter what they may feel or believe. The Church also defends truth and rejects lies. So when the pope says we need to have compassion for the people in the LGBT community, of course we should! This has been known since day 1! What the Church doesn't do is say that homosexual acts are okay.
The article closes by saying that gone are the days when the church says "You are intrinsically disordered." but I'd challenge the author to point to a time when the church taught this at all! What the church teaches is that "Homosexual ACTS are intrinsically disordered." The humans still have their dignity and that's something no one can take away.
I find it curious the author mentions a quote from the Pope and does't understand what he's trying to say. The pope says that we are all too fixated on the adjective (gay) and we forget the noun (man). That means we derive our dignity from our being human, not from being gay, straight, black, white or Asian. And this has always been church teaching. There's nothing new here. Just some journalist who thought they stumbled upon something new.
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