God wants everyone in the Catholic
Church including gays because the Gospel says so, Pope Francis
told the Argentine news agency Infobae Friday echoing past
statements on the subject.
"The great answer was given by Jesus: everyone, everyone in,"
said Francis.
"When the guests did not want to go to the banquet he said: go
there to the crossroads and call everyone. Good people, bad
people, old people, young people: everyone.
"This is a Church of sinners. I don't know where the Church of
the saints is, we are all sinners here. And who am I to judge a
person if he has good will? If he is more of the devil's gang,
well, let us defend ourselves a little. But there is a major
magnifying glass being put on this issue today. I think we have
to go to the essence of the Gospel: Jesus calls everyone".
The statement to the Argentine news agency echoed Francis's
famous statement shortly after taking up the papacy 10 years
ago: "Who am I to judge?"
Catholic dogma holds that active homosexuality is a disorder and
a sin, while celibacy by gays is admitted.
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