Pope’s South Sudan Trip Hits LGBT Minefield, by Jules Gomes

Archbishop calls gay blessings biblical violation and ‘farcical compromise’

By Jules Gomes, Church Militant, January 30, 2023

VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) – Pope Francis’ visit to Africa has hit a diplomatic minefield due to the Anglican archbishop of South Sudan’s condemnation of same-sex blessings as constituting “unfaithfulness to the God who has spoken through His written word.”

In an explosive statement targeting Abp. of Canterbury Justin Welby, who is traveling with Pope Francis to South Sudan, Abp. Justin Badi Arama threatened to break communion with the Church of England after it approved blessings for homosexual couples on Jan. 18.

Anglican bishops led by Welby were violating the “clear and canonical teaching of the Bible,” Badi warned on Tuesday, noting how the role of archbishop of Canterbury as a “moral leader and a figure of unity within the Communion” will be “severely jeopardized.” …

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