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Pope Francis pens a missive to Jesuit Fr. James Martin explaining his caller comments successful an interrogation with AP that “being homosexual is not a crime”, saying helium was referring to Catholic doctrine that teaches that each intersexual enactment extracurricular of matrimony is simply a sin.
By Vatican News
“I was simply referring to Catholic motivation teaching, which says that each intersexual enactment extracurricular of matrimony is simply a sin.”
Pope Francis penned those words successful effect to a missive from Father James Martin, SJ, who carries retired his apostolate among the LGBTQ assemblage successful the United States.
The American Jesuit had written to the Holy Father pursuing his caller interrogation with the Associated Press.
The Pope's handwritten effect successful Spanish was posted connected Father Martin's website, on with a translation successful English.
Clarification
It was already wide from the discourse of the interrogation that the Pope had spoken of homosexuality, meaning successful that lawsuit "homosexual acts" and not homosexuality itself.
In his letter, Pope Francis reiterated that his presumption is that of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, arsenic helium had already said successful his first interrogation with reporters connected the formation backmost from Brazil successful 2013 ("If a idiosyncratic is cheery and seeks God and has bully will, who americium I to judge?").
Responding to Fr. Martin, the Pope stressed that, regarding sin, “one indispensable besides see the circumstances, which whitethorn alteration oregon destruct fault.”
“I should person said ‘It is simply a sin, arsenic is immoderate intersexual enactment extracurricular of marriage’,” added the Pope. “This is to talk of ‘the matter’ of sin, but we cognize good that Catholic morality not lone takes into information the matter, but besides evaluates state and intention; and this, for each benignant of sin.”
Prayers
Pope Francis went connected successful his missive to repetition that being homosexual is not a crime.
“I would archer whoever wants to criminalize homosexuality that they are wrong,” helium wrote. “In a televised interview, wherever we spoke with earthy and conversational language, it is understandable that determination would not beryllium specified precise definitions.”
There are implicit 50 countries that clasp retired the anticipation of ineligible sentences for homosexual radical and immoderate of these nations adjacent employment the decease penalty.
The Pope concluded his missive by assuring Fr. Martin that helium prays for him and his enactment with the LGBTQ community.
“Please bash the aforesaid for me,” helium said.
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