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Pope Francis said on Sunday that laws criminalising LGBT people are a sin and an injustice because God loves and accompanies people with same-sex attraction.

Francis, who made his remarks in response to a reporter’s question aboard the plane returning from a two-country trip to Africa, received full backing for his comments from two other Christian leaders on the plane with him.

Sixty-six UN member states continue to criminalise consensual same-sex sexual relations, according to data from ILGA World – the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. In several countries where same-sex relations are illegal, punishments can include a possible death penalty.

He noted that the Catholic Church’s catechism, or book of teachings, says same-sex attraction is not a sin but homosexual acts are. It also says that LGBT people should not be marginalised. Both Christian leaders were on the plane returning from there and participated in the pope’s customary news conference with reporters, a first on any papal trip.“I entirely agree with every word he said there,” Welby said, noting that the Anglican communion was itself divided over gay rights and that two resolutions against criminalisation of LGBT people “have not really changed many people’s minds”.

 

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Madness from the anti christ himself.

The Pope is simply speaking his own mind. God is against LGBT and God is clear about that. The problem is Europe and America always want to impose everything they think is right for them to the whole world. They need to respect our cultures. These things ar not tolerated here.

Pope is not a Christian but a politician, therefore he speaks on behalf of politicians!

English dodge me there what is he saying really

He want us Afican to leave polygamy and recognize LGBT marriage. What hypocrisy?

BØØM!!!!!!! 👿👿👿👿 ReligionCult

God didn't create MAN and Woman for men to F men and same for woman. It's wrong in so many levels.... That's just my opinion

Pope is exaulting himself as God on Earth, God forbidden that.

The amount of homophobia in the comments here is concerning because some of these citizens will have children or do have already, and if that child is homosexual? What then? Another cycle of hatred and disassociation and another generations trauma carried into a world unforgiving

Pontifex is an example of SIN an Antichrist for what’s wrong according to the Bible this Antichrist says is right…

unamanga

Is this the Same God that burns Sodom and Gomora for this kind of behaviour.

He knows best, been sodomizing lil boys for years

Ngani uyilunga labo naye kufanele

'If poverty is chocolate and privilege vanilla, then what's the flavor of the Sunday preacher's pedophilia? CASH rules everything around these niggas, as classros everywhere around me whither!!!'

So basically his visit to African countries is to made them to accept LGBT indirectly... Fantastic.. Hmmmm

Hhaa kanti omunye uDes lo🫣. Uyithathaphi ke Le ayishoyo? No problem,let him bring accompanying proof or statement from on High,for God didn't leave Himself without a witness,so this guy must bring it,not his agenda-nevetheless no body is hated but the acts rejecting God.

The colonized minds arguing about a fake religion 😑😐 No wonder they took over this continent with a book of fiction. Blacks get memerised by child molesters 😮😮

This pope is about to retire. Where in the bible did God said about EVE married EVE. His age are more advanced. He must just retire.

Of course he will. The Catholic Church is known for Pedofelia with little boys.

Never leave the Pope with teenage boys 🤞🤞🤞

Unbelievable...

Am a Catholic, if pope said that he is a liar, or maybe you misquoted him, gay/lesbian are demonic and it's a sin,light and darkness can never be in alignment, and light superseded darkness. A Pope can never agree with that .

if you die right now, and you're buried.. then people dig up your grave after 100 years, you'll only be identified as either a male or a female... I rest my case

He is drunk

It's high time he read his Bible again

Little by little, the pope is appearing. Kancane kancane...🤣

Galatians1:7...but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.

Do you follow pop or Bible? May I know

Like Sodomy

Tell Pope to read why Sodom and Gomorra was destroyed in bible..bcos it seems like he is preaching a different God not the one in Heaven

Again, a white man fools black people.

Akere he's himself one of them.

Which Bible does he read this Pope of yours? Nonsense . He is satanic

I'm not surprised, he does come from an organisation of alleged boy-lovers

What nonsense is that, this 🤡 of a pope we don’t recognise him in our continent

Catholicism is a political set up, it has nothing to do with God and his son Jesus Christ

Which bible is he reading

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