Pope Francis says homosexuality is not a crime
The Daily Article
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🗓️ 26 January 2023
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Summary
Pope Francis made headlines this week when he told the Associated Press that “being homosexual isn’t a crime.” However, Francis also called homosexuality a sin, though that quote was buried later in the article. If secular media can quote religious leaders in ways that appear to support an LGBTQ agenda, many will do so. This strategy consequently makes it harder for Christians who support biblical morality to do so publicly.
Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, January the 26th, 2023. |
| 0:08.0 | Welcome to the Daily Article podcast. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:16.6 | Being homosexual isn't a crime. |
| 0:18.9 | With these words spoken during an exclusive interview with the AP, the Associated Press, |
| 0:25.1 | Pope Francis made headlines this week. |
| 0:27.8 | According to the AP, the Pope criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as unjust, |
| 0:33.6 | saying God loves all his children just as they are. |
| 0:37.1 | He then called on Catholic bishops who support the law to welcome LGBTQ people into the church. |
| 0:44.2 | The article added, |
| 0:45.6 | Francis acknowledged that Catholic bishops in some parts of the world support laws that criminalize homosexuality |
| 0:51.6 | or discriminate against LGBTQ people and attributed such attitudes to |
| 0:57.2 | cultural backgrounds. Pope Francis added, these bishops have to have a process of conversion, |
| 1:03.9 | stating that they should apply tenderness, please, as God has for each one of us. |
| 1:09.5 | I'm responding to the Pope's statements |
| 1:11.6 | as I would if any Christian leader of any denomination made them. |
| 1:16.0 | My purpose is not to focus on the issue of homosexuality per se, |
| 1:19.9 | a subject I have discussed often in the past, |
| 1:22.7 | but to reflect on the way AP covered the Pope's remarks. |
| 1:26.3 | Here's why. |
| 1:27.3 | At the very end of the article, AP reported, |
| 1:30.6 | on Tuesday, Francis said there needed to be a distinction between a crime and a sin with regard to |
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