Pope Francis Is The Advocate’s Person Of The Year

The Advocate names Pope Francis their Person of the Year.

The Advocate sees promise in this Pope for his statement that, “If someone is gay and seeks the Lord with good will, who am I to judge?”

The Advocate’s Person of the Year is Pope Francis. They acknowledge that as a leader to over 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide, he is in a very powerful position. The Advocate believes that he changed the course of previous popes with a simple statement. When asked about gay priests, Pope Francis replied,

“If someone is gay and seeks the Lord with good will, who am I to judge?”

The Advocate believes that this simple statement that generated headlines around the world has changed the thinking in the minds of many Catholics. The Advocate wrote,

“The brevity of that statement and the outsized attention it got immediately are evidence of the pope’s sway. His posing a simple question with very Christian roots, when uttered in this context by this man, “Who am I to judge?” became a signal to Catholics and the world that the new pope is not like the old pope.”

This isn’t the first time that Pope Francis has shown support to the LGBT community. In an interview with America Magazine, Pope Francis recalled,

“A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: ‘Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?’ We must always consider the person.”

Pope Francis was earlier acknowledged as Time’s Person of the Year and now is The Advocate’s Person of the Year too.

Source: The Advocate

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