... In Francis’ case, the perception is that (a) the Church shuns gay people and endorses legal discrimination against them in order to discourage what it considers sinful; (b) the Church’s teaching on sexuality singles out gay people for express disapproval.

 

Just how false is (a) can be seen in any Catholic church or organisation, where gay people work and worship every day of the week. And as for (b), the facts tell the opposite story: in common with the Church’s policy in most western nations, in England and Wales the bishops favoured the decriminalisation of homosexual acts as far back as 1957; while the Vatican’s international policy is to reject any attempt by any government to marginalise or discriminate against gay people or to criminalise homosexual acts.

 

But what of its teaching on sexuality?...

 

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