“He told me, ‘Juan Carlos, that you are gαy does not matter. God made you like this and loves you like this and I don’t care. The pope loves you like this. You have to be happy with who you are,’” Cruz told Spanish newspaper El País.
Hmmm, I wonder what Francis may have told the reporter if asked about a conversation with -- well, let's call him Cardinal X. Would it have gone like this? "He told me, 'Francis, that you are a heretic does not matter. God made you like this and loves you like this and I don't care. Cardinal X loves you like this. You have to be happy with who you are.'"