EXCERPT FROM N.T.E.B.
ROMAN RAINBOW: Pope Francis Becomes Gay Affirming Telling Parent Group Of LGBTQ+ Children That “God Loves Them Just As They Are’
Pope Francis told a group of parents of LGBTQ+ children yesterday that
“God loves your children as they are” and “the church loves your
children as they are because they are children of God.” He did so in a
brief encounter with some 40 Italian parents (both mothers and fathers)
of LGBTQ+ children after the public audience in the Renaissance
courtyard of San Damaso in the Vatican. The parents are members of an
Italian association, Tenda di Gionata (“Jonathan’s Tent”), which
welcomes and provides information and formation to LGBTQ+.
Mara Grassi told Pope Francis, “We wish
to create a bridge to the church so that the church too can change its
way of looking at our children, no longer excluding them but fully
welcoming them.”
Having listened carefully to what she said, Pope Francis reassured her,
“The church does not exclude them because she loves them deeply.” As he
bade them farewell, the association gave the pope a rainbow-colored
T-shirt with the words “In love there is no fear” emblazoned on it.
She said the pope, in response, assured her and the
other parents present that “God loves our children because they are all
children of God.” And when she requested that the church, too, should
change its ways so that no one feels excluded, Francis reassured them
saying, “The church loves our children as they are.” READ MORE
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