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By Reem Makhoul, Alyssa Kim and Ian Fisher 1:04Behind the Pope’s Surprising Shift
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Behind the Pope’s Surprising Shift

The Times’s Ian Fisher, a former Rome bureau chief, on the pope’s statement on gαy priests and how it differentiates Francis from previous leaders of the Catholic Church.
By Reem Makhoul, Alyssa Kim and Ian Fisher on Publish Date July 29, 2013. Photo by Pool photo by Luca Zennaro ..Watch in Times Video »

ROME — For generations, ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖity has largely been a taboo topic for the Vatican, ignored altogether or treated as “an intrinsic moral evil,” in the words of the previous pope.
In that context, brief remarks by Pope Francis suggesting that he would not judge priests for their sɛҳuąƖ orientation, made aboard the papal airplane on the way back from his first foreign trip, to Brazil, resonated through the church. Never veering from church doctrine opposing ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖity, Francis did strike a more compassionate tone than that of his predecessors, some of whom had largely avoided even saying the more colloquial “gαy.”
“If someone is gαy and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” Francis told reporters, speaking in Italian but using the English word “gαy.”
Francis’s words could not have been more different from those of Benedict XVI, who in 2005 wrote that ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖity was “a strong tendency ordered toward an intrinsic moral evil,” and an “objective disorder.” The church docuмent said men with “deep-seated ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ tendencies” should not become priests.
Vatican experts were quick to point out that Francis was not suggesting that the priests or anyone else should act on their ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ tendencies, which the church considers a sin. But the fact that he made such comments — and used the word “gαy” — was nevertheless revolutionary, and likely to generate significant discussion in local dioceses, where bishops are divided over whether to accept priests who are gαy but celibate.
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“It’s not a great opening in terms of contents, but the fact that he talked about it that way is a great novelty,” said Paolo Rodari, a Vatican expert at the Italian daily La Repubblica. Francis would probably agree with Benedict’s writings on ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖity, he added, “but it doesn’t interest him.”
“It interests him to say that the problem in the end isn’t if someone has this tendency, the important thing is to live in the light of God,” Mr. Rodari said. “Said by a pope, it’s enormous.”
Francis also told reporters that while Pope John Paul II had definitively closed the door to female priests, he sought a “theology of women” and a greater role for them in Catholic life, news reports said.
The pope’s comments on ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖs and women in the church were yet another sign of the different directions from which Benedict and Francis approach doctrine. While Benedict, the shy theologian, focused more on ethics and advocated a purer church, even if it might end up being smaller, Francis was elected for his belief that the Catholic Church must engage in dialogue with the world — even with those it disagrees with — if it wants to stay vibrant and relevant.
“At a certain point, tone becomes substance if it’s seen as revitalizing the prospects of the church,” said John L. Allen, Jr., a Vatican expert at The National Catholic Reporter.
In Benedict’s more subdued 2007 visit to Brazil, where Evangelical churches are making rapid inroads in the Catholic majority, he delivered speeches to bishops about how to respond to postmodern society.
In contrast, Francis spoke on the beach, engaged with the masses and was greeted like a rock star by followers entranced by his approachable style and homespun folksy adages. (“You can always add more water to the beans,” he said at one point.)

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