Pope Francis Looks To Move Church Away From Homosexuality, Contraception And Abortion
The head of the Catholic church has implored people to stop combating on the "evils" of the world with hatred, as his comments have been met largely with delight from Catholics
Pope Francis has called for a change to the way the Catholic Church is perceived in the wider public eye, saying that it is time to call off the witch hunts against gays and abortionists and no longer concentrate on what he called "small-minded rules." Instead, the head of the Catholic church has urged his congregation to follow the charitable principals of Jesus Christ and has call for an end to the discussions of what is and isn't sin.
His comments came as a breath of fresh-air to some more liberally-minded Catholic, but despite calling for a reduced interest in certain Catholic preoccupations, he lamented that his and the Churches' views on same-sex relationship, contraception and abortions was still very much the same. Pope Francis may not appear as immediately traditional and obsessed with papal doctrine as his predecessor, but his beliefs towards the grey areas of Catholicism were very much similar to bygone ideals.
Pope Francis has emerged as a popular figure with his modern views
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