No, he wasn't making a more conservative argument—as some conservative Catholics argued.
that being gay is a sin or if he is pantomiming a rhetorical argument from the perspective of someone arguing with him. However, given that few, if any, LGBTQ advocates appear to have focused on this particular phrasing from Francis, it seems that most observers have assumed that Francis is conflating homosexuality and “acting on homosexuality,” or otherwise not dwelling on the distinction.Either way, Francis is not changing anything about the church’s stance, which he has long affirmed.
Although Francis has emphasized “compassion,” as recently as 2021, the Vatican reiterated that Catholic priests could not bless same-sex unions because “God cannot bless sin.”As for why these statements are coming out now: According to the AP, Francis has simply never been asked in an interview before. “Francis willingly responded, citing even the statistics about the number of countries where homosexuality is criminalized,” the AP reported.
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