On that occasion [2013 interview on Rio-Rome flight] I said this — ‘If a person is gay and seeks out the Lord and is willing, who am I to judge that person?’ — I was paraphrasing by heart the Catechism of the Catholic Church, where it says that these people should be treated with delicacy and not be marginalized. ... And people should not be defined only by their sexual tendencies: let us not forget that God loves all his creatures and we are destined to receive his infinite love. . . I prefer that homosexuals come to confession, that they stay close to the Lord, and that we pray all together.— Pope Francis, The Name of God Is Mercy
WHAT would Pope Francis say about boxing champ Manny Pacquiao’s quoted remarks about homosexuals?
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