Your homosexuality doesn't matter -Pope Francis tells a Gay Catholic

Pope Francis has reportedly
called a young gay Catholic
man in France to reassure
him about his sexuality.
The Pope is said to have called
the man to reassure him
about his sexuality
Christophe Trutino had written
to the Pope to emotionally
explain his inner turmoil in
reconciling his sexuality with
his faith, explaining how he
was terrified he was going to
hell for being gay.
The 25-year-old sales assistant
from Toulouse said that due to
the ongoing row over France’s
battle over same-sex marriage,
he was struggling to stay a
believer in the Catholic faith.
Trutino said he was left
stunned when he then
received a phone call from the
head of the Catholic Church
himself. “Your homosexuality.
It doesn’t matter”, the Pope
reportedly told him, according
to the local newspaper La
Dépêche du Midi.
“It was he who started the
conversation,” Trutino said. He
said ‘Christopher? It’s Pope
Francis’. I was unsettled, of
course. I asked, ” Really? ” He
replied: “Yes.”
“I received the letter that you
sent me. You need to remain
courageous and continue to
believe and pray and stay
good,” the Pope told him
during the nine-minute
conversation in Spanish.
“Your homosexuality. It
doesn’t matter. One way or
another, we are all children of
God. This is why we must
continue to be good,” the
Pope told him.
There has been a rise in
French homophobia following
a spike in anti-gay marriage
protestors. Trutino said the
phone call ended with the
Pope asking him to pray for
him and that he would do the
same in return.
“When I hung up the phone, I
was completely filled with
emotion,” the man said. I was
shaking. At the same time, the
conversation was very relaxed.
It was like a call from a friend,
nice, very human.”
The Vatican has not confirmed
yet whether the phone call
took place.
While Francis’ predecessor
Benedict XVI was an extreme
opponent of gay rights – once
describing homosexuality as a
“defection of human nature” –
the most recent Pope has
expressed his tolerance
towards homosexuality.
During his recent visit to Brazil
he said: “If a person is gay
and seeks God and has good
will, who am I to judge?”
Source: Huffington Post

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