Dior has not yet named a successor, but speculation centers on Jonathan Anderson, who recently took over Dior’s men’s collections.
“These bishops have to have a process of conversion,” he said, suggesting they should apply “tenderness, please, as God has for each one of us.”Advocates of greater LGBTQ+ inclusion hailed Francis’ comments.
“His historic statement should send a message to world leaders and millions of Catholics around the world: LGBTQ people deserve to live in a world without violence and condemnation, and more kindness and understanding,” said Ellis, the head of GLAAD.Praise also came from Martin, who was selected by Francis as a synod delegate.“Few bishops or bishops’ conferences have condemned the criminalizing laws that the pope rejected today,” he wrote of the AP interview.
But Jamie Manson, a lesbian who headed the U.S.-based abortion-rights group Catholics for Choice, insisted declarations were not enough.“LGBTQ people need more than nice-sounding words in a newspaper interview in order to be safe in the Catholic Church,” she wrote. “We need doctrinal change.”
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