Italian Bishop Defends Homosexual Love and Practice
Italian Bishop Defends Homosexual Love and Practice
An Italian bishop has argued in an interview, which many Catholics are likely to find controversial, that he finds nothing wrong with the practise of homosexuality.
Bishop Francesco Savino of Cassano all’Jonio says in the interview that people in same-sex relationships “should not be denied the opportunity to be loved and to love, even on an intimate, sexual level, because denying them this, denying them their right, I repeat, is simply wrong”.
Speaking to DirittoDiCronaca.it, the 70-year-old prelate, who serves as one of three vice-presidents of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, said that the Church must “restore dignity to everyone, especially to those who have been denied it”.
The bishop is known for his LGBT activism and recently grabbed the headlines for celebrating Mass, on 6 September at the Church of the Gesù in Rome, for LGBT Catholic pilgrims taking part in the 2025 Jubilee of Hope.
The service, attended by more than 1,000 people from around the world, was organised by the …