Religious leaders expose LGBTQ fault lines | Faith Matters

If there was any doubt about Pope Francis’ comments last month against criminalizing homosexuality and LGBTQ people before he went to Africa, he was just as strong this month on the plane returning to the Vatican. “The criminalization of homosexuality is an issue that must not be disregarded,” he said. “To criminalize people with homosexual tendencies is an injustice.” This time, he had backup from two religious leaders also on the trip. Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, primate of the worldwide Anglican Communion, said that the Church of England has passed resolutions at two Lambeth conf…

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