Pope Francis restates church is for everyone, including LGBTQ+ people

In one of the most iconic moments coming out of World Youth Day, Pope Francis called on the hundreds of thousands gathered before him to yell back at him that the Catholic Church is for “todos, todos, todos” — everyone, everyone, everyone.

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“The Lord is clear,” the pope insisted on Sunday. “The sick, the elderly, the young, old, ugly, beautiful, good and bad.”

Taking questions from reporters aboard his flight back to Rome after a five-day trip to Portugal, the pope was asked how he could reconcile his “todos” message with the fact that LGBTQ+ people are excluded from the sacraments. The pope answered the Church has laws, but is still a place for everyone.

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