Cardinal Jorge Lozano Barragan, who had been quoted by Pontifex as saying that gays and lesbians could not "enter the Reign of God," says that he has been misquoted. After his remarks were made public in Pontifex and made several Italian papers (not to mention AP), the Vatican responded. "This is what the Word of God says, it isn't what I said," Cardinal Lozano Barragán said. "Now, I have never said that a particular homosexual cannot be saved, because he can be saved." Read the new story here on Zenit .
Cardinal Barragan: A gay person "can be saved"
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Pope Leo XIV urged new archbishops to help him foster unity in a church rich in diversity. Eight of those new archbishops are from the United States, and they spoke to Catholic News Service about how they can help promote fraternity in today’s polarized world.
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"The whole church needs fraternity, which must be present in all of our relationships, whether between lay people and priests, priests and bishops, bishops and the pope," he said during his homily at Mass on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul June 29.
Note to Barragan et al: they only reason this inclination is "a trial" is because of the attitude of people like you. I do not suffer from "same-sex disorder." I suffer from the attitudes, biases, prejudices and hate of both society and church.