Local reaction to Pope Francis comments about gays

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While speaking with reporters on the flight from Brazil to Rome, the pontiff shared his feelings on gay people.

"If a person is gay and accepts the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge them?" said Pope Francis.

He added that gays, including gay priests, shouldn't be marginalized and, "they're our brothers."

The pope's remarks appears to signal a change in the Vatican's earlier positions. His predecessor Pope Benedict, had said that men with homosexual tendencies should not become priests.

It's a big change in policy from previous leaders of the church's 1.2 billion followers.

Asked if Bishop Lennon of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland would be commenting or releasing a statement, spokesman Robert Tayek responded that Bishop Lennon will not be releasing a statement on the Pope's remarks.

Tayek included the following in his reply:

"Here is our bulletin announcement for June 15-16 which appeared in most parish bulletins as part of a Year of Faith---getting know your Catechism. So this would have been included in many of the 185 parish bulletins."

"Homosexuality---What is the Church's Judgment? God created man as male and female and destined them for each other in a bodily way. The Church accepts without reservation those who experience homosexual feelings. They should not be unjustly discriminated against because of that."

"At the same time, the Church declares that all homosexual relations in any form are contrary to the order of creation because man and woman are designed to need each other's complementary traits and to enter into a mutual relationship so as to give life to children. (From the Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church) (Youcat #415)"

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