Pope Francis: Homosexuality not a crime

Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church.

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[neyaga]

Pls Pope, don't tailor Christianity to your taste..

[melissalarson]

It might not be a crime to a woke priest but it clearly is to God.

[SOULRELIEF]

THE BLOOD OF JESUS SHALL PREVAIL!

"THOU SHALT NOT LIE WITH MANKIND, AS WITH WOMANKIND: IT IS ABOMINATION."
LEVITICUS 18:22!

"BUT THE FEARFUL, AND UNBELIEVING, AND THE ABOMINABLE, AND MURDERS, AND WHOREMONGERS, AND SORCERERS, AND IDOLATERS, AND ALL LIARS, SHALL HAVE THEIR PART IN THE LAKE WHICH BURNETH WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE: WHICH IS THE SECOND DEATH."
REVELATION 21:8!

"BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT EVERY IDLE WORD THAT MEN SHALL SPEAK, THEY SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT THEREOF IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.
FOR BY THY WORDS THOU SHALT BE JUSTIFIED, AND BY THY WORDS THOU SHALT BE CONDEMNED."
MATTHEW 12:36-37!

[commonsense]

Idolatry and coveting your buddy's wife are legal too, still doesn't mean they should be practiced regularly and normalized.
But what do I know? I'm not a Catholic, or a practitioner of any other form of heathen Babylon secret religion - just a humble Christian believer in the Word.

[melissalarson]

I can't see how anyone can still be Catholic. Jesus died so we could go right to Him. Not needing a sinful priest to stand in the way.

[himebaughchris]

But it Is a Sin to his Religion. He'll have His Final Day of Judgement before His God too. No One Is Above The Lord.

[ronaldmica]

according to the Bible it is a sin, The Lord gave us freewill as humans, to make decisions, this one however, the people that participate in this kind of activity will have to answer for it on judgement day..
All you can do is pray for them ...

[righteousone]

And this is the reason Christianity is dying.

[karyncasey]

Then let Frank take it up with Nations of Islam. They consider it "criminal". As for the lifestyle being "sinful", according to the Bible, it is an "abomination". Any church who preaches otherwise is changing God's word.

[GovtWatchdog]

Of course simply being homosexual is not a sin. Rather it is a cross for those to bear and must be viewed as such, because engaging in homosexual thoughts or acts are absolutely crimes against God and are to be condemned.

[Corleone_Napoleone]

No worries this priest (pope) will face God one day . The judgement that matters most is from God!!!!

[dhanaseelan]

POPE SHOULD NOT SPEAK LIKE THIS. HIS COMMENTS ARE DISAPPROVED BY 99 PERCENT CATHOLICS.

[bobbob-vwcc]

this is why people need to convert to Islam. they respect LGBTQGP

[georgehorner]

What do the God in the Bible say about WOE, unto those who call light darkness and darkness light?

[ttrknows]

What man woman or child has the means to take away any word, letter, or stroke from the Law of God. Who is the one who may justify if God’s word is for our benefit or for our destruction.

Who has the authority to limit the truth that must be known for our very endurance on the pathway of eternal life, should one choose to search for it.

To those who sit with authority with the words of Jesus Christ and have annulled the least of his commandments, and teach others to do the same;

Repent for this storm will soon be over, but your actions will not protect you from the remainder of the destruction these storms will bring; nor will your actions remain hidden in the dark.

Do not think the devil has no children that belong to him, nor think the number of his children is not a great deal bigger than the children who decided to love God despite the overwhelming numbers that move against him.

To those who hear and see the harassment
against those in the homosexual community, and their supporters; by those who show hatred because of their actions.

Who question the hand of a loving God who
Has their actions deemed evil by the law, and wish to offer the homosexual community something healthy, that is not judgment, even if many will judge you anyway because homosexual is still against the law and love of God.


Hear and understand

Sex isn’t something that will last forever. It is a burden every body must bear for awhile, and while there are healthy ways to practice it while we are here on earth, between a man and his wife, there are unhealthy ways as well.

When the leaders of the world heard the growing cries of persecution the homosexuality community faced, they began to make things worst by taking away the truth of Homosexualtuy.

Even Barack Obama, who wanted to prove the capability of African Americans to lead, took an evil path and said one should not be judged for who they choose to love.

But it is because you love those who are near you, that you give them what is best for them, even though it is hard. And despite the difficulty, you may do so with a gentle and kind heart that may endure the burden with ease practice while practicing.


Homosexuality is one of the many sins that have lead others out to protest, but all the protests now span from the same source.

Not appreciating what one already has.

There is no government or system hear on earth that will not make mistakes, nor is their a home that will not the do the same. But many at this time have abandoned mercy and forgiveness.

The voices of protesters go to: the courts, those with authority, and those who claim God’s authority who join them; and say ‘we will not be shackled by the word of God and will hear you if you make your voices heard’.

But this leads to violence and harassment on both the protesters and the ones with authority.

Because the courts have been given to the people and they support only the money, violence and lust that leads to destruction.

But true Justice is in the word of God, For it is for all man and woman, no matter how far one has been hurt by others, or have been hurt themselves; may have a chance to find the light again.

The verdict is the same, light has come into the world, but men loved darkness. Man uses the judgement others bring to them to justify their own sins, but in doing so they ignore the harassment they bring to themselves by their actions and words.

This is why there have been many victories in courts yet no peace in victory, why many remain thirsty, and things are getting darker, why the beasts and dragon have ruled so strongly, and favorably.

Again, this is why nations and homes are going against each other in war, because they love the darkness that comes with fighting instead of seeing how much they are loosing with every step, from the oldest to the youngest.

Why shootings and violence are occurring.

And why a crying God who hears the tears of many, and has only been able to help so far, because they won’t go far enough in his messages to see that in every detail, it is because he cares, and through his word, anyone may receive joy now and forever.

But to those who continue to choose darkness, you are not his children, and the more you venture into the darkness, the closer you are to a second death that does not end.
And where the burning you are experiencing now, will not end.


This is his gift to all who are lost

Let those who practice evil alone, either in homosexuality or other evil, so the fire dies out instead of making it stronger. This gives everyone their best and only chance.

Let those who see and hear understand, Jesus is almost back, you may wake up knowing the night is almost finished. You may endure knowing the few gifts in life you appreciate, may grow into blessings that go beyond what you can ask or imagine.

Let these messages help you and reach those in world of despair, so you may have life, now and forever, no matter what persecution may come.

John 1:1-5
Genesis 1-3
Exodus20:1-17
Matthew 4
Matthew 5-7
Matthew 9:10-17
Matthew 19
Matthew 22:23-46
Matthew 23-25
Matthew 28:16-20
Luke 10:17-42
John 7:53-8:11
John 8:48-59
John 13-17
Revelations 11
Revelations 16
Revelations 22

[geezhud]

Revelation 3:16 says: So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. The church has become lukewarm.

[SweepingDeveloper]

Really? Laws that make homosexuality a crime are bad? Romans 13:1 says that God ordained the government, and verse 4 says that "[the government] beareth not the sword in vain". Anti-gay laws are good and proper, especially those that make homosexuality a capital crime.

[andycandal]

God is very explicit about the abomination of homosexuality...God's will is homosexuals must be put to death as clearly written.
Bergoglio, you better read The Holy Scriptures.

[TheGrimTruth]

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will osecretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

[jeffreyjackson]

Well, sooner or later it will be a crime to say that it is a sin. As Jesus put it, "Because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold."

So if you think on that with complete objectivity, I personally conclude that will happen, many will turn their backs on Jesus, the Christian shall be an enemy of the state, and many other faith-challenging events.

"But he that shall endure until the end, the same shall be saved."