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Gay mag names Pope 'Person of the Year
via The Advocate

Gay mag names Pope 'Person of the Year

It's not quite as consequential as being named Time magazine's "Person of the Year," but...

via The Advocate

The Advocate, a lifestyle magazine for gay men, has named Pope Francis its own POTY.

An excerpt:

Pope Francis is leader of 1.2 billion Roman Catholics all over the world. There are three times as many Catholics in the world than there are citizens in the United States. Like it or not, what he says makes a difference. Sure, we all know Catholics who fudge on the religion's rules about morality. There's a lot of disagreement, about the role of women, about contraception, and more. But none of that should lead us to underestimate any pope's capacity for persuading hearts and minds in opening to LGBT people, and not only in the U.S. but globally. ...

Francis's view on how the Catholic Church should approach LGBT people was best explained in his own words during an in-depth interview with America magazine in September. He recalled, “A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: ‘Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?’ We must always consider the person.”

Of course, Francis did receive the same designation from Time.

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