Nobody should be thrown out or made miserable over it. “They are children of God and have a right to a family.

“Homosexual people have a right to be in a family,” he said in the film. The comments from the Vatican feel like a step backward after Pope Francis made affirming comments about gay unions in October of last year during a documentary interview. The response, which was approved by Pope Francis, said that while gay people should be treated with respect, God “does not and cannot bless sin: He blesses sinful man, so that he may recognize that he is part of his plan to love and allow himself to be changed by him.” The notice went on to say that gay sex is “intrinsically disordered” and that the “presence in such relationships of positive elements, which are in themselves to be valued and appreciated, cannot justify these relationships and render them legitimate objects of an ecclesial blessing.”

On Monday morning, the Vatican’s orthodoxy office kicked off the week by issuing a formal response to the question of whether or not the Catholic Church could and should bless gay unions. Pope Francis first visit to Iraq, Mosul – Pope Francis began on 05 March a three-day official visit in Iraq, the first papal visit to this country affected throughout the years by war, insecurity and lately COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by ALESSANDRO DI MEO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (11789205ae) Pope Francis visits the Church of ‘immaculate Conception’ Qaraqosh, Iraq, 07 March 2021.

For no reason at all