Pope Francis has said the Roman Catholic Church owes gay
people an apology for the way it has treated them.
On a flight from Armenia to Rome, the pontiff recalled Christian
teaching and said:
"I will repeat what the catechism of the Church
says, that they [gay people] should not be discriminated against, they
should be respected, accompanied pastorally.”
Pope Francis also told reporters the institution should seek
forgiveness from other groups it had discriminated against.
"I think that the Church not only should apologise... to a
gay person whom it offended but it must also apologise to the poor as well, to
the women who have been exploited, to children who have been exploited by
[being forced to] work. It must apologise for having blessed so many
weapons."
The pope made the remarks after he was asked if he
agreed with statements made by a senior cardinal, Reinhard Marx, who said the Church must say sorry to homosexuals.
Pope Francis has been lauded by the gay community, but also
criticised by conservative Roman Catholics, for his tolerance
of homosexuality.
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