Oopsie. Watch as the left will mostly ignore this statement, as it does not fit the picture of the Pope they wish to paint.
I think it’s pretty clear that the Pope wants to be embracing of all people. That doesn’t necessarily mean embracing of all actions, and people are hot to interpret from him what they will.
I’m not going to read into what he means by “anthropological regression” mostly because I really have no idea, except to say that it seems clear he doesn’t view same-sex marriage as a positive development.
Via National Catholic Register:
In a recent private conversation, Pope Francis has reiterated his view that same-sex ‘marriage’ is an “anthropological regression”.
The Holy Father was also “saddened” by legislative proposals in Malta to extend equality legislation to homosexual couples, particularly those who wish to adopt.
In an interview with the Italian bishops’ newspaper Avvenire published today, Auxiliary Bishop of Malta Charles J. Scicluna said that when he met Pope Francis on Dec. 12, he expressed his concern to the Pope about the proposed law. “The Pope showed his sadness at this development, especially on the question of adoption.”
He added: “I told him that the promoters [of the bill] quote his words: ‘If a person is gay and seeks the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?’ but they don’t quote his words from 2010 when he was still Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires. The Pope repeated the phrase of his letter of 2010: ‘It’s an anthropological regression.’”