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Reuters
Reuters
Health
By Philip Pullella

Pope Francis says laws criminalising LGBT people are a 'sin' and an injustice

Pope Francis arrives to address the media while aboard the plane from Juba to Rome on February 5, 2023 returning from his visit to Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. Tiziana Fabi/Pool via REUTERS

Pope Francis said on Sunday that laws criminalising LGBT people are a sin and an injustice because God loves and accompanies people with same-sex attraction.

Francis, who made his remarks in response to a reporter's question aboard the plane returning from a two-country trip to Africa, received full backing of his comments from two other Christian leaders on the plane with him.

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