Pope Francis Softens Church's Tone on Gays EFE
go to original July 29, 2013

Pope Francis final mass at World Youth Day draws three million, inspiring message. (ITN)

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis said that he does not judge gays and that they should be integrated into society, but made it clear that the priesthood remains closed to women.

Francis made those statements at a press conference where the reporters present, including those from Efe, were on a plane with the pope as he returned to Rome from Rio de Janeiro, where he had presided over the 28th World Youth Day event.

For 90 minutes he answered all the questions asked by reporters with no subjects out of bounds, including some very delicate matters like the suspected gay lobby in the Vatican.

"If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge him?," the 76-year-old Argentine pontiff said.

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