[DoodleDawg]

If the Roman Catholic church would return to Biblical teaching....

You mean like this?

"And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38-39

What did the Pope say? Did he say homosexuality was not a sin? No. He said that God loved the man for who he was. That God's love is unconditional. That's exactly what my Bible teaches. Does your Bible teach that the Pope should have told the man that God hates him?

[ealgeone]

What did the Pope say? Did he say homosexuality was not a sin? No. He said that God loved the man for who he was. That God's love is unconditional. That's exactly what my Bible teaches. Does your Bible teach that the Pope should have told the man that God hates him?

Recommend you start with Romans 1 and work your way up to that chapter. Context is your key to properly understanding the New Testament.

[B-Rizzle Fo-Shizzle]

It’s not what he said but was left unsaid. God loves him, but the sin will still separate him. Unless he told this lost soul to repent and leave his sinful lifestyle, than he did him a great disservice. Churches as a whole have been real good at proclaiming God’s love, which isn’t a bad thing, but we tiptoe around the whole be transformed and leave the sinful past behind.

[ealgeone]

Perhaps we need to address this before we move on to other topics. You state you live, occasionally, with your boyfriend. This would be considered adultery.

I live on a nice piece of land in a rural county east of Kansas City with my dog, two cats, three guns and, occasionally, my boyfriend.