Pope rejects French ambassador to Vatican because he’s gay
So much for enlightenment! Pope Francis has been accused of blocking the appointment of France’s new ambassador to the Vatican – simply because he’s a gay man.
Openly gay Laurent Stefanini was selected on the 5th of January by France to represent the country at the Holy See, replacing Bruno Jouvert, who left the post at the end of February.
More than three months after his appointment, the Vatican has yet to accept Stefanini’s credentials – generally seen as a sign of its rejection. The European press is claiming that this is solely due to his being gay.
A Vatican source has told Le Journal du Dimanche that the decision to reject the senior diplomat was personally taken by Pope Francis.
When asked by The Independent if Stefanini’s sexuality was a factor in the Catholic Church not recognising him, a Vatican spokesman replied: “We have no comment to make.”
The newspaper reported that the Vatican has previously blocked the ambassadorship of gay French diplomat Jean-Loup Kuhn-Delforge, as well as Bulgaria’s choice for ambassador because he had written a novel containing a gay sex scene.
While Francis has hinted at a willingness to be more accepting of gay people, the Catholic Church remains officially opposed to same-sex relationships and especially gay marriage.
And despite famously stating that he’s in no position to judge gay people, the flip-flopping pontiff has recently taken to describing same-sex marriage as a threat to the family.
Francis was one of the RC church’s biggest PR successes. Image is everything and the Vatican knows this. But how long can this PR stunt be upheld when, in practice, nothing has changed in it’s attitude towards gay people? No matter what nice things Francis says about the LGBT population, nothing has changed. Church institutions will continue to discriminate and exclude Gay people from it’s organizations. Francis preaches inclusiveness and welcoming gays into the Church, but in practice, they do the exact opposite. Liars and hypocrites, money launderers and sex abusers… It’s a criminal state that has no regard for human rights and should be boycotted!
The catholic church can not change it’s doctrine , which is based on the bible, in order to satisfy the sexual appetite of homosexuals and others who turn their backs on God.
You’re right, the catholic church also condemns prophylactics that will save heterosexuals from being infected by HIV. So I guess they won’s change their doctrines to satisfy the sexual appetites of anyone really (except maybe covering up for their own pedophile cohort). Pity because this is totally out of touch with reality.
Slowly but surely becoming irrelevant.
@martinr – one could not have put it better. Well Done.