The Pope told me God made you gay and loves you the way you are

These appear to be the most surprising comments about homosexuality ever uttered by the head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Cruz, who spoke privately to the Pope last week about the abuse he suffered in the hands of one of Chile's most notorious pedophiles, said the issue of his sexuality was born because some of the Latin American country's bishops had sought to describe him as a twist after they accused him of lying about abuse.

He told me, Juan Carlos, being gay doesn't matter. God did this to you and loves you anyway. The Pope likes you this way.

You should be happy with what you are “, Cruz said, says The Gurdian, broadcast the Express.

Fernando Karadima, now 87, the man who mistreated Cruz was found guilty of abuse by the Vatican in 2011.

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It is not the first time Francis has an open and tolerant attitude toward homosexuality.

Despite the Catholic church teaching that homosexual sex and all sex outside the heterosexual marriage is a sin.

In July 2013, in response to a journalist's question of the existence of a <x0 homosexual “lobe” at the Vatican, Francis said: “Who am I to judge?”

Christopher Lamb, Vatican correspondent for Tablet, said the comments were remarkable and a sign of a change in attitudes taking place.

He goes past “who am I to judge? For “you are loved by God,'” said Lamb.

I don't think he's changed church teaching, but he's demonstrating a claim by homosexual Catholics, something that has been missing over the years in Rome”.