Homosexuality Isn't A Crime, Those Criminalising It Are Wrong: Pope Francis
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In an interview published on Wednesday, the pope had said being homosexual was "not a crime ... but it's a sin".
People who criminalise homosexuality are "wrong", Pope Francis said in a letter published on Saturday, seeking to clarify earlier comments about homosexual acts being a "sin".
In an interview published on Wednesday, the pope had said being homosexual was "not a crime ... but it's a sin".
In the letter published on Saturday, which was written to a Jesuit priest, Francis said he had wanted in the interview "to clarify that it (homosexuality) is not a crime, in order to stress that criminalisation is neither good nor just".
"When I said it is a sin, I was simply referring to Catholic moral teaching, which says that every sexual act outside of marriage is a sin," he wrote.
