aired earlier comments in support of same-sex civil unions. During a September visit to Hungary and Slovakia, the Pope commented on the need for the Church to “do pastoral work” with same-sex couples.
At a press conference a few days later, he remarked on the prospect of same-sex civil unions, saying that “if a homosexual couple wants to lead a life together, the State has the possibility to give them safety, stability, inheritance.”These comments have led some Catholic observers to praise the Pope’s “pastoral approach to L.G.B.T.
people.” This approach not only respects LGBTQ+ people as members of society but calls on governments to provide them basic legal protections.Yet it appears that in Ghana, the Pope’s remarks have fallen on deaf.