6 hours agoThe pope instructs parents not to punish their gay children
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(4 years ago)Pope Francis came out with a special call. The Vatican head urged parents of homosexual children not to despise or condemn them but to offer support. His comments came during the weekly audience in reference to the difficulties some parents face. “Parentes who view sexual orientation differently in children [...]
The “parents who see sexual orientation differently in their children and how to deal with such a phenomenon should accompany children rather than hide behind a condemned” attitude, the head of the Catholic Church said.
Pope Francis earlier said homosexuals have the right to be accepted by families as children and brothers and sisters.
The Holy Father added that until the Church cannot accept same - sex marriage, it can support family union laws with the aim of having homosexual partners share rights in the field of pension and health care and inheritance cases. Last year, the Vatican Doctrine Office issued a document stating that Catholic priests cannot bless couples of the same gender - a decision that disappointed many homosexual Catholics.
In some countries, such as the United States and Germany, parishes and priests had begun blessing unions within the same gender instead of marriage, and there has been a call for bishops to institutionalize and fact these.
Conservators in the church of 1.3 billion members have said that the pope, who has sent marks to priests and nuns who serve homosexual Catholics, is giving mixed signals on homosexuality, confusing some of the faithful. /a2news
