The Pope then goes on to say “If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” This shows his his utter ignorance of the scriptures or willful ignoring of what the Savior said. Jesus tells us in the Revelation, 8But people who are cowardly, unfaithful, detestable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselvesb in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.” And the Pope says "Who Am I To Judge"?? Friends, follow Jesus. Please, follow Jesus. He is God and his words are true!
On Gay Priests, Pope Francis Asks, ‘Who Am I to Judge?’
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Behind the Pope’s Surprising Shift: The Times’s Ian Fisher, a former Rome bureau chief, on the pope’s statement on gay priests and how it differentiates Francis from previous leaders of the Catholic Church.
By RACHEL DONADIO
Published: July 29, 2013 524 Comments
ROME — For generations, homosexuality has largely been a taboo topic for the Vatican, ignored altogether or treated as “an intrinsic moral evil,” in the words of the previous pope.
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In that context, brief remarks by Pope Francis suggesting that he would not judge priests for their sexual orientation, made aboard the papal airplane on the way back from his first foreign trip, to Brazil, resonated through the church. Never veering from church doctrine opposing homosexuality, Francis did strike a more compassionate tone than that of his predecessors, some of whom had largely avoided even saying the more colloquial “gay.”
“If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” Francis told reporters, speaking in Italian but using the English word “gay.”
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