Pope Francis condemned anti-gay laws around the world and said in a new interview that "homosexuality is not a crime," urging ...

Declaring laws that criminalize homosexuality “unjust,” Francis said the Catholic Church can and should work to put an end to ...

LGBTQ+ advocates hail Pope’s rejection of sexual orientation as crime and call to bishops to resist anti-gay laws as ...

Pope Francis says laws around the world criminalizing homosexuality are "unjust," and he wants Catholic bishops in nations ...

The leader of the Catholic Church criticized laws that criminalize same-sex relationships, but still said being gay is a “sin ...

Africa is one of the few places in the world where the Catholic Church is growing, with activists welcoming his message that ...

Queerphobic and anti-LGBTQ+ laws are always unjust, especially when they’re rationalized using rhetoric pulled from religious ...

Pope Francis, in a wide-ranging interview with the Associated Press, spoke at length about his health, his critics and the ...

"Fine, but first let's distinguish between a sin and a crime." The leader of the Catholic Church, speaking from Vatican City, ...

The Catholic Church must work to end "unjust" anti-gay laws around the world, the pontiff said in an interview with the ...