Pope Francis: Last News

On August 10, The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatorio Romano revealed that Pope Francis had three meetings with groups of Trans people in the Vatican. The people had found shelter in a Catholic church during the Covid pandemic. The first meeting between Pope Francis and the Trans folk who found shelter in the Blessed Immaculate Virgin community […]

Four years after a Catholic man was hounded out of the San Diego Church for being gay, he met Pope Francis last month and spoke at a conference at the Vatican. Aaron Bianco,  a professor of theology at the University of San Diego and a pastoral associate at St. John the Evangelist Church in the Diocese of San Diego, received death threats from right-wing Catholic organisations and had “no fags” spray painted on a wall in his office at the parish.

Related: Former priest explains why the Bible does NOT condemn same-sex unionsAlthough a kid being gay or bisexual should not be seen as something “sad”, telling parents not to “condemn” a child over their sexuality is obviously a good thing. Too often, parents fail to give LGBTQ offspring the support they deserve and need, citing their religion as the reason.Although official Catholic church doctrine calls homosexuality “intrinsically disordered”, the Pope has made gestures to indicate a more supportive stance.

On Wednesday, January 26, Pope Francis sent a message to parents urging them to support their queer children. The statement came during his weekly general audience address as he spoke about the importance of standing by children during difficult times, whether it be because of illness, accidents, or even those struggling with “different sexual orientations”. […]

Reuters reports.Those difficulties included “parents who see different sexual orientations in their children and how to handle this, how to accompany their children, and not hide behind an attitude of condemnation,” Francis said.In 2020, the pope said that LGB people have the right to be accepted by their families.He’s also said in the past that while the Catholic Church cannot support marriage equality, the Church can support same-sex civil union laws that provide same-sex couples joint rights.And while Francis has been more progressive in his stances on LGBTQ+ rights, last year, the Vatican issued a statement barring Catholic priests from blessing same-sex unions. Something Reuters reports has disappointed queer Catholics.Some ministers have started blessing unions instead of marriage.The Catholic Church is home to more than 1.3 billion members around the world.

Pope Francis has officially accepted the resignation of a bishop in Brazil following the release of a 60-second masturbation video recorded during a video chat with another man.Tomé Ferreira de Silva, 60, submitted his resignation as bishop of the Diocese of São José do Rio Preto in São Paulo, Brazil on August 18.

released in March with the pope’s approval.However, scores of German clergy have taken a stand that same-sex relationships are not sinful, and they plan to bless these unions in services set for Monday and the surrounding days, CBS News reports.“In view of the refusal of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to bless homosexual partnerships, we raise our voices and say: We will continue to accompany people who enter into a binding partnership in the future and bless their relationship,” says a statement issued by a German Catholic group called Love Wins.“We do not refuse a blessing ceremony," the statement added.

ROME: The Vatican decreed on Monday (Mar 15) that the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin".The Vatican’s orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a formal response on Monday to a question about whether Catholic clergy can bless gay unions.The answer, contained in a two-page explanation published in seven languages and approved by Pope Francis, was “negative".The decree distinguished between the church’s welcoming and blessing of gay people, which it upheld, but not their unions.The Vatican holds that gays must be treated with dignity and respect, but that gay sex is “intrinsically disordered”. Catholic teaching holds that marriage between a man and woman is part of God’s

Mean Girls and Looking, says he was fired from a hosting gig at a Catholic university for being gay.In a video posted Thursday on his YouTube channel, Franzese says he was approached by a representative for Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio, about him hosting the school’s upcoming Mr. Walsh Pageant.

document, released Monday with the blessing of Pope Francis, calls such unions a “choice” and says God “does not and cannot bless sin.”“It is not licit to impart a blessing on relationships, or partnerships, even stable, that involve sexual activity outside of marriage (ie, outside the indissoluble union of a man and a woman open in itself to the transmission of life), as is the case of the unions between persons of the same sex,” the announcement reads.

ROME: The Vatican decreed on Monday that the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin".The Vatican’s orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a formal response on Monday to a question about whether Catholic clergy can bless gay unions.The answer, contained in a two-page explanation published in seven languages and approved by Pope Francis, was “negative".The decree distinguished between the church’s welcoming and blessing of gay people, which it upheld, but not their unions.The Vatican holds that gays must be treated with dignity and respect, but that gay sex is “intrinsically disordered”. Catholic teaching holds that marriage between a man and woman is part of God’s plan and

The head of the German bishops’ conference, George Bätzing, has called on the catholic church to alter its teachings on LGBTQ+ people. In an interview with the magazine, Herder Korrespondenz, Bishop Bätzing says he wants church blessings for couples who cannot marry in the Catholic Church to be introduced. This refers to people who have […]

The Pope Had Before Hinted At Support For Gay People; Vatican Jumps In To Ensure the Message Doesn’t Deviate From A LifeLong of Criticism Against Same-Sex Couples; Reactions In New EnglandBy: Audrey Cole/TRT Reporter—In an unprecedented move, Pope Francis recently expressed support of civil unions for same-sex couples, according to the Catholic News Agency.The Pope’s comments, first heard in “Francesco,” a documentary produced by filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky, are a historic move for the Catholic Church. The documentary premiered at the Rome Film Festival last month.“Homosexual people have a right to be in a family,” the Pope said in the documentary as reported by the Catholic News Agency.

By: Audrey Cole/TRT Reporter—In an unprecedented move, Pope Francis recently expressed support of civil unions for same-sex couples, according to the Catholic News Agency.The Pope’s comments, first heard in “Francesco,” a documentary produced by filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky, are a historic move for the Catholic Church. The documentary premiered at the Rome Film Festival last month.“Homosexual people have a right to be in a family,” the Pope said in the documentary as reported by the Catholic News Agency.

comments supporting civil unions appear to have been taken from a 2019 interview in which he reiterated the Roman Catholic Church’s opposition to sexual relationships between people of the same gender.The opposition should surprise no one, as that is official church doctrine, but it provides context for Francis’s remarks.The clip of his civil unions statement, which is in the new documentary Francesco, is apparently from an interview the pope did with Mexican TV network Televisa, according to an analysis by the National Catholic Reporter, an independent publication covering the church.

The Advocate, which I cherish, began in August of 2018 when I submitted a column about my experience with one of the abusive Catholic priests named in the Pennsylvania state grand jury investigation that summer. The deceitful Father Dave not only screwed up my life, but he also warped my faith.Since that initial column, I’ve written over 100, and some of them have been about faith.

The New York Times reports.“What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered,” the pope said in the film.“They’re children of God and have a right to a family,” he continued.

America Magazine reports. The pope held a brief private meeting with the parents following his weekly general audience at the Vatican.Maria Grassi, vice president of Tenda di Gionata, and her husband, Agostino Usai, gave the pope a booklet titled Genitori Fortunati (Fortunate Parents), detailing interactions between parents of LGBTQ+ people and the Roman Catholic Church.

Pope Francis has met with 40 parents of LGBT+ children as they voiced their concerns to the Church’s discriminatory stance on the LGBT+ community.  Members of the Italian Tenda di Gionata (Jonathan’s Tent), an outreach ministry for LGBT+ Christians and their families, met with Pope Francis on Wednesday, September 16. The vice president of the […]

now been declared an “LGBT Free Zone”, despite recent pressure from the EU.The couple has asked Pope Francis for help as they believe that the treatment of LGBT+ people by certain priests and bishops is not in line with his teachings.Pope Francis has sent out mixed messages regarding his stance on LGBT+ rights. He has previously said that gay people should not be judged but has also said that gay priests should not be accepted in the clergy.This is not Jakub and Dawid’s first time documenting one of their campaigns.

Jakub and David unfolded the Rainbow Flag in front of Pope Francis during Angelus prayer in the Vatican last week. On the flag they wrote one word addressed to the Pope: ‘HELP!’Jakub and David, who returned with the flag at St Peter’s Square several times last week, came to the Vatican from Poland to draw the Pope’s attention to what is happening in their country.

The Vatican has given money to a group of transgender sex workers in Italy who are struggling to survive during the coronavirus pandemic.

Spain allowed some employees to return to work in factories, offices and on construction sites on Monday, as restrictions were eased in non-essential industries amid the coronavirus pandemic.

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis called on Sunday (Apr 12) for global solidarity in fighting the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout, urging the relaxation of international sanctions, debt relief for poor nations and ceasefires in all conflicts.

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis marked a surreal Palm Sunday (Apr 5) in an empty St Peter's Basilica, urging people living through the COVID-19 pandemic not to be so concerned with what they lack but how they can ease the suffering of others.