Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust” — while still maintaining that being gay is “a sin.”
“Being homosexual isn’t a crime,” Francis said Tuesday during an interview at the Vatican hotel where he lives.
“It’s not a crime. Yes … it’s a sin. Fine, but first let’s distinguish between a sin and a crime,” the 86-year-old pontiff said of Catholic teaching that holds that homosexual acts are “intrinsically disordered.”
“It’s also a sin to lack charity with one another,” he stressed.
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