Pope Francis has reportedly called a young gay
Catholic man in France to reassure him about
his sexuality.

The Pope is said to have called the man to reassure
him about his sexuality
Christophe Trutino had written to the Pope to
emotionally explain his inner turmoil in reconciling his
sexuality with his faith, explaining how he was
terrified he was going to hell for being gay.

The 25-year-old sales assistant from Toulouse said
that due to the ongoing row over France's battle over
same-sex marriage, he was struggling to stay a
believer in the Catholic faith.

Trutino said he was left stunned when he then
received a phone call from the head of the Catholic
Church himself. "Your homosexuality. It doesn't
matter", the Pope reportedly told him, according to
the local newspaper La Dépêche du Midi.
"It was he who started the conversation," Trutino said.

He said 'Christopher? It's Pope Francis'. I was
unsettled, of course. I asked, " Really? " He replied:
"Yes."
"I received the letter that you sent me. You need to
remain courageous and continue to believe and pray
and stay good," the Pope told him during the nine-
minute conversation in Spanish.

"Your homosexuality. It doesn't matter. One way or
another, we are all children of God. This is why we
must continue to be good," the Pope told him.
There has been a rise in French homophobia following
a spike in anti-gay marriage protestors. Trutino said
the phone call ended with the Pope asking him to pray
for him and that he would do the same in return.

"When I hung up the phone, I was completely filled
with emotion," the man said. I was shaking. At the
same time, the conversation was very relaxed. It was
like a call from a friend, nice, very human."
The Vatican has not confirmed yet whether the phone
call took place.

While Francis' predecessor Benedict XVI was an
extreme opponent of gay rights - once describing
homosexuality as a "defection of human nature" - the
most recent Pope has expressed his tolerance towards
homosexuality.

During his recent visit to Brazil he said: "If a person is
gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to
judge?"

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Afam4eva: I think this pope is taking it too far. He should have just left it at his previous statement but shouldn't not assure people who have gone against the tenets of Christianity.

idnoble135: I think the pope forgot the bible when he mentioned that.
God is against homosexuality.
This is what God said about it You shall not lie
with a man, as with a woman : its an abomination. " LEVITICUS 18:22 KJV
Just in case anyone asks for new testament proof, here is it.
"26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts.
Even their women exchanged
natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned
natural relations with women
and were inflamed with lust
for one another. Men
committed shameful acts with
other men, and received in themselves the due penalty
for their error." ROMANS 1:26-27
What the pope is doing is deception.
Lemme keep stop here. But God never endorsed it. If the pope endorsed it, then he did not speak for God.
Thats why i tell folks, read the bible for yourself. Too much falsehood and doctrines being peddled every day. Forget man and read your bible. No man will give account for you before God.

Dzany: it's un-natural...............


It's against the Will of God!




The pope err !

Pathetic!!

ceosville: Na true, I'm not Gay, but I Support His Saying!
I won't beg for likes , but like if you feel the same

Evil Brain: Making flowery speeches and calling people as a publicity stunt one thing. Making real change is another. The pope has done nothing other than talk.

If he was to make real, official doctrinal changes to allow gays to be full members rather than lying about themselves or being shunned. While he's at it he could try abandoning the church's ridiculous anticontraception doctrine, their discrimination against women and their continuing cover-up of the worldwide child sëxual abuse scandal.

If he was to do even one of those, maybe I'd take him seriously.

Evil Brain: Making flowery speeches and calling people as a publicity stunt one thing. Making real change is another. The pope has done nothing other than talk.

If he was to make real, official doctrinal changes to allow gays to be full members rather than lying about themselves or being shunned. While he's at it he could try abandoning the church's ridiculous anticontraception doctrine, their discrimination against women and their continuing cover-up of the worldwide child sëxual abuse scandal.

If he was to do even one of those, maybe I'd take him seriously.

eddiebruk:

And now you would think you have said something meaningful, why don't you urge the whole christian community worldwide to re-write the Bible instead since you think Doctrines are like constitutions that can be altered at any time by Men.

eddiebruk:

And now you would think you have said something meaningful, why don't you urge the whole christian community worldwide to re-write the Bible instead since you think Doctrines are like constitutions that can be altered at any time by Men.

eddiebruk:

And now you would think you have said something meaningful, why don't you urge the whole christian community worldwide to re-write the Bible instead since you think Doctrines are like constitutions that can be altered at any time by Men.

Evil Brain:

Like the catholic church hasn't changed the bible before.

You know.nothing about your own religion.

idnoble135: ^
Are you in any way suggesting that all of the Catholic doctrines are in the bible?

eddiebruk:


Change the Bible..? Nigga Plz

Evil Brain:

The bible bible as we know it today contains thousands of changes fro the oldest know copies. [size=24pt]Most of these changes were accidental copying errors.[/size] Many others were deliberate.

And I'm not just talking about small changes either. For instance, the story about Jesus saving an adultress from being stoned to death was added to the new testament centuries after the gospels were written. In older manuscripts, it even appears in different places as if the copiers couldn't decide where to put the new story.

You Christians need to learn more about your own religion. Most of you guys are far too ignorant. Wikipedia is a good place to start.

[url]en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bible_and_history[/url]

magkhan:

let's tackle this as Christians...drop Catholic doctrines
you are a thief when you steal
you are straight when attracted to the opposite sex(not when you lay with the person)
you are homosexual when (due to no fault of yours)you are not attracted to the opposite sex...
if you are straight (which is a behavioral pattern) and fornicate...its a sin...but if you don't,you are free of sin
if you are gay(behavioral pattern) and lay with your fellow man,its a sin...if you don't in obedience to God,you are free of sin
hope you can relate this to what the pope said..... your sexual orientations doesn't matter(its natural and you can't choose it).but your thoughts and actions is what counts for salvation.if you seek to be good and obey God,you won't be fornicating or practicing anything against Him....believe in God gays because believe me He loves you so much so that every hair on your head is numbered.He doesn't discriminate but frowns and punish all evil practice