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Vatican: Pope Francis calls on parents of homosexual children to offer them support

2022-01-26T23:10:07.617Z


The sovereign pontiff, whose position on the subject divides within the Church, made a new declaration advocating the resp


Pope Francis said in a public audience on Wednesday that parents of gay children should not condemn them but offer them support.

According to the Reuters agency, he made these remarks in front of his weekly audience by evoking the difficulties that parents can encounter in raising their offspring.

The sovereign pontiff addressed the case of "parents who see different sexual orientations in their children" to discuss their questioning on "how to manage this, how to accompany their children, without hiding behind an attitude of condemnation".

In recent years, Pope Francis has already taken a position on the issue of homosexuality several times.

In particular, he said in 2020 that while the Church cannot accept same-sex marriage, it can support civil union laws aimed at giving same-sex partners joint rights to pensions, health care and inheritance. .

“They are our brothers and our sisters and we must accompany them.

But marriage as a sacrament is clear.

The French Pacs, homosexual couples can use it.

But marriage, as a sacrament, is a man and a woman,” he said again on his return from his trip to Slovakia last September.

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Last year, as Reuters recalls, the Vatican's doctrinal office published a document reaffirming that Catholic priests cannot bless unions between people of the same sex, to the chagrin of homosexual believers.

Within the Church, the pope - who has sent notes to priests and nuns who deal with homosexual Catholics - is highly criticized by the most conservative, who accuse him of sending contradictory signals on homosexuality .

Last month, in a sign that the topic is hot in Rome, a Vatican department apologized for “causing pain to the entire LGBTQ community” by removing a link to resource materials from its website. of a Catholic gay rights group ahead of a 2023 Vatican meeting on the future direction of the Church.

A case that had provoked debate, especially in the United States where this group was active.

Source: leparis

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