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Pope Francis: 'Homosexuality not a crime'

The cape of Pope Francis is blown by the wind as he attends an eucumenical and interreligious meeting with youth in the Pastoral Centre in Skopje on May 7, 2019. [Andreas Solaro, AFP]

Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as "unjust," saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church.

"Being homosexual isn't a crime," Francis said during an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press.

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