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... July 30, 2013: Declares “Who am I to judge?” when asked about a gay priest during a news conference, signaling a more welcoming stance toward LGBTQ+ community. Nov. 26, 2013: Issues mission statement for his papacy in Evangelii Gaudium, (“The Joy of the Gospel”), denouncing the world financial system that ...
“Who am I to judge?” — Francis, responding to a question about a purportedly gay priest, in a comment that set the tone for a papacy more welcoming to LGBTQ+ Catholics, July 28, 2013 A greeting for the patriarch “We are brothers.” — Francis, to Patriarch Kirill during the first-ever ...
... Italian edition of “Building a Bridge,” by the Rev. James Martin, an American Jesuit, about the church’s need to improve its outreach to the LGBTQ+ community. Zuppi would be a candidate in Francis’ tradition of ministering to those on the margins, although his relative youth would count against him ...
... the world. Catholic and non-Catholic leaders alike honored a spiritual leader who was a voice for the marginalized and the weak, for migrants and LGBTQ+ people, and who showed concern for nature. He “cared about the great global challenges of our time — migration, climate change, inequalities, peace — as well ...
LGBTQ+ Francis famously said, “Who am I to judge?” when asked in 2013 about a Vatican monsignor who was purportedly gay. Francis followed up by assuring gay people that God loves them as they are, that “being homosexual is not a crime,” and that “everyone, everyone, everyone” is welcome in ...
... core doctrine. “Who am I to judge?” he replied when asked about a purportedly gay priest. The comment sent a message of welcome to the LGBTQ+ community and those who felt shunned by a church that had stressed sexual propriety over unconditional love. “Being homosexual is not a crime,” he ...
... critics as having reactionary or authoritarian leanings, that is often called “postliberal.”Postliberals share some longstanding Catholic conservative views, such as opposition to abortion and LGBTQ+ rights. They envision a counterrevolution in which they take over government bureaucracy and institutions like universities from within, replacing entrenched “elites” with their own ...
... excluded or marginalized. The Trump administration makes that argument, and they also make the argument that, by covering issues like race in America, gender issues, LGBTQ issues, that public media is somehow on a campaign to change the culture of America. Russell Vought, who is the current head of the ...
... insurrection, the charges are punishable by life in prison or death. In Central Europe, Hungary's Parliament passed a new constitutional amendment that bans public LGBTQ events. It set off protests, including before the vote, when demonstrators tried to block lawmakers from entering. They had to be physically removed by ...
... Thompson: The people that we're looking at in the telegram scene are not just saying, I'm racist, I'm antisemitic, I'm anti-LGBTQ. What they were doing for five years, half a decade, was encouraging people to commit terrorist attacks. So when went on to Telegram and ...
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