"Father James Martin praises Pope Francis as LGBT ‘champion’ and ‘ally’"

"Heterodox Jesuit priest Father James Martin praised Pope Francis for being an 'imperfect' 'champion' for gender-confused and homosexual people.

Fr. Martin recently wrote an opinion piece for the New York Times where he said the late pope did more for 'L.G.B.T.Q. people – than all his modern predecessors combined,' calling them a 'marginalized group.' He also reiterated his support for the pope’s LGBT views in a post on X.

In case anyone had missed the point, Martin also wrote a similar essay for his pro-LGBT website 'Outreach.' Pope Francis appointed the dissident celebrity priest, who is highly active on Facebook and X, as a consultant Dicastery for Communications. Martin recounted how he spent the 'entire time talking about LGBTQ people' during a half-hour meeting with the pope in 2019.

In the New York Times piece, the Jesuit priest thanked Pope Francis for welcoming pro-homosexual nun Sister Jeannine Gramick and calling her a 'valiant woman.'...

Martin then shared how Pope Francis apologized for using an Italian phrase that roughly translates to 'faggotry' in reference to seminaries. He used the phrase twice in two weeks.

He wrote:

Within a few minutes, I recall that he volunteered, ‘Of course I know many good, holy and faithful gay priests and seminarians.’ When I suggested that he might say that publicly, he told me, ‘You can say that I said that.’ ‘Really?’ I recall asking. ‘Of course! Because I do!’ he replied. It also became clear in our conversation that he hadn’t known how offensive the slur was, despite the Vatican apology, and he told me he would never use it again.

'Being open to listening and learning, and his desire to make the church welcoming to everyone, lay at the heart of the pope’s pastoral approach to L.G.B.T.Q. people,' Martin concluded. 'So besides the name of ‘Francis,’ he can claim another title: ‘ally.’"