Pope Francis Says Gays Not Welcome in Catholic Clergy

In a meeting distributed as a book on Saturday, Pope Francis has made it clear that he accepts there is no place for gays in the Catholic brotherhood. 

"The issue of homosexuality is an intense issue that must be satisfactorily recognized from the earliest starting point with the hopefuls, if that is the situation," he said. "In our social orders it even appears that homosexuality is in vogue and that mindset, somehow or another, additionally influenc the life of the Church." 

In the extract from the book, The Strength of a Vocation, he likewise got notification from a religious pioneer in the Church who thought maybe it wasn't "that genuine, it's only a statement of a love." 

Francis oppose this idea. 

"It's not only a statement of a love. In sanctified and consecrated life, there's no space for that sort of friendship," he said. "Accordingly, the Church prescribes that individuals with that sort of imbued inclination ought not be acknowledged into the service or blessed life. The service or the blessed life isn't his place." 

Pope Francis was once thought to have a more open view on homosexuality than his antecedents. In 2013, he was cited as asking "In the event that somebody is gay and is hunting down the Lord and has cooperative attitude, at that point who am I to pass judgment on him?" It's no eager welcome, yet considering the long-standing gorge among Catholicism and the LGBTQ people group, it gave many expectation. 

That has gradually been destroyed throughout the years, with Francis as of late saying that gay kids ought to be taken to a therapist. 

Presently, there are no questions left on where he stands. 

"I say to the ministers, gay religious people, we should encourage you to live completely chaste and, most importantly, to be wonderfully capable, making an effort not to embarrass your networks or the sacred dedicated individuals of God by carrying on with a twofold life," Francis said. "It is better that you leave the service or blessed life instead of carry on with a twofold life."