{"id":593385,"date":"2023-01-28T17:59:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T17:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=593385"},"modified":"2023-01-28T21:51:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T21:51:12","slug":"no-surprise-when-the-pope-says-being-gay-isn-t-a-crime-a-catholic-theologian-explains-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/no-surprise-when-the-pope-says-being-gay-isn-t-a-crime-a-catholic-theologian-explains-why","title":{"rendered":"No surprise when the pope says being gay &#8220;isn\u2019t a crime&#8221; \u2013 a Catholic theologian explains why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published on The Conversation.Once again, Pope Francis has called on Catholics to welcome and accept LGBTQ people.&#8221;Being homosexual isn&#8217;t a crime,&#8221; the pope said in an interview with The Associated Press on Jan. 24, 2023, adding, &#8220;let&#8217;s distinguish between a sin and a crime.&#8221; He also called for the relaxation of laws around the world that target LGBTQ people.Francis&#8217; long history of making similar comments in support of LGBTQ people&#8217;s dignity, despite the church&#8217;s rejection of homosexuality, has provoked plenty of criticism from some Catholics. But I am a public theologian, and part of what interests me about this debate is that Francis&#8217; inclusiveness is not actually radical. His remarks generally correspond to what the church teaches and calls on Catholics to do.&#8221;Who am I to judge?&#8221;During the first year of Francis&#8217; papacy, when asked about LGBTQ people, he famously replied, &#8220;If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published on The Conversation. Once again, Pope Francis has called on Catholics to welcome and accept LGBTQ people. &#8220;Being homosexual isn&#8217;t a crime,&#8221; the pope said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,291],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-593385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-religion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}