Responding in writing to three questions from Jesuit Father James Martin regarding LGBT Catholics, about what he would say to one of them "who has been rejected by the Church" Pope Francis replies: "I would like them to recognize it not as' the Church's rejection ', but rather of' persons in the Church. 'The Church is a mother and calls all her children together. Let us take for example the parable of the guests at the feast:' the righteous, the sinners, the rich and the poor, etc. '(Matthew 22: 1-15; Luke 14: 15-24). A 'selective' Church, of 'pure blood', is not the Holy Mother Church, but rather a sect. "
The Pope to LGBT Catholics, 'the Church does not reject you'
2022-05-09T14:41:05.701Z
"A 'selective' Church, of pure blood, would be a sect" (ANSA) Responding in writing to three questions from Jesuit Father James Martin regarding LGBT Catholics, about what he would say to one of them "who has been rejected by the Church" Pope Francis replies: "I would like them to recognize it not as' the Church's rejection ', but rather of' persons in the Church. 'The Church is a mother and calls all her children together. Let us take for example the parabl