Pope Leo has said the LGBTQ+ community “aren’t bad people”, while also criticising same-sex blessings.

The Pope has previously said that family is “founded upon the stable union between a man and a woman”, adding: “No one is exempted from striving to ensure respect for the dignity of every person, especially the most frail and vulnerable, from the unborn to the elderly, from the sick to the unemployed, citizens and immigrants alike.”

In a new interview with online newspaper Crux, Pope Leo spoke about the LGBTQ+ community, stating that “everyone’s invited in” because “they are a son or daughter of God”.

However, speaking of marriage, he said: “I’ve already spoken about marriage, as did Pope Francis when he was pope, about a family being a man and a woman in solemn commitment, blessed in

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