Pope Francis and protestant leaders from England and Scotland denounced the criminalization of homosexuality on Sunday, calling laws that discriminate against LGBTQ+ people both a 'sin' and an 'injustice.'
February 5, 2023 / 7:05 PMand protestant leaders from England and Scotland denounced the criminalization of homosexuality on Sunday, calling laws that discriminate against LGBTQ+ people both a"sin" and an"injustice."
"This is not right," Pope Francis said while addressing reporters after a trip to South Sudan. He traveled with the Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury and the Moderator of the Church of Scotland, Dr. Iain Greenshields. "People with homosexual tendencies are children of God," he added."God loves them, God is with them."
The Pope suggested that"about 50 countries" criminalize homosexuality"in one way or another," and that 10 implement the death penalty for LGBTQ+ people. , 67 countries have laws that criminalize same-sex relations between consenting adults, and at least nine countries have criminalizing laws that target transgender and gender nonconforming people.
Eleven countries still impose the death penalty for LGBTQ+ people, according to the U.K.-based human-rights organization,
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