During a meeting with the Tenda di Gionata, an LGBTQ+ christian support group, the pope told parents that their LGBTQ+ children were loved by god and the church. “God loves your children as they are” he says.
He continued: “the church loves your children as they are because they are the children of God.” The statements were made during a meeting with the LGBTQ+ organisation at the Vatican.
About 40 mothers and fathers were present for the meeting with the religious figure. The Vice President of Tenda di Gionata, Mara Grassi, expressed her desires for more acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community in the church, stating: “We wish to create a bridge to the church so that the church too can change its way of looking at our children, no longer