Bergoglio is actually having a moment of compassion for the gays.
Quote:In an exclusive interview with the Associated Press, Pope Francis said that homosexuality should not be a crime and called upon all 67 countries that currently make being gay a crime to decriminalize. He urged bishops to have compassion for queer folks.
Francis acknowledged that Catholic bishops in some parts of the world support laws that criminalize homosexuality or discriminate against the LGBTQ community, and he himself referred to the issue in terms of “sin.” But he attributed such attitudes to cultural backgrounds, and said bishops in particular need to undergo a process of change to recognize the dignity of everyone.
https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-...6b9c8ce212
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"