The pope says God made gay people just as we should be – here’s why his comments matter

From Ruth Hunt,  chief executive of Stonewall UK, in THE GUARDIAN, 21 May 2018: It is immensely powerful to hear that Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic church, reportedly told Juan Carlos Cruz, a gay man: “God made you like this and loves you like this.” Cruz is a survivor of clerical abuse who…

Pope Francis tells gay man: ‘God made you like this’

From Stephanie Kirchgaessner in THE GUARDIAN, 20 May 2018: A survivor of clerical sexual abuse has said Pope Francis told him that God had made him gay and loved him, in arguably the most strikingly accepting comments about homosexuality to be uttered by the leader of the Roman Catholic church. Juan Carlos Cruz, who spoke privately…