Pope Francis, Decriminalization of Homosexuality, and the Question of “Sin”
His point, Francis said, was to insist on decriminalization. And of course, as Pope, he upholds the normal teaching about the sinfulness of sexual acts outside marriage (irrespective of orientation), with all the usual caveats that are necessary concerning different circumstances, and occasions when there may be no culpability at all―but chief among all of this was that none of this justifies criminalization.
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