Pope Francis has told a young transgender person that 'God loves us as we are', his latest outreach gesture towards the LGBT community.
Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from his window at the Vatican, July 9, 2023. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
His comments, released by Vatican media on Tuesday, were in a podcast in which Francis listened and responded to audio messages from young people ahead of aOne of the young people was Giona, an Italian in their early 20s who said they were "torn by the dichotomy between faith and transgender identity".
The Catholic Church teaches that members of the LGBT community should be treated with respect, compassion and sensitivity, and their human rights respected.
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