Telegraph blogs editor questions Time ‘Person of the Year’ Award for Pope Francis
The editor of Telegraph Blogs has written a column questioning the decision by Time Magazine to name Pope Francis as its Person of the Year, noting a recent revelation that he said he was “shocked” by gay adoption in Malta.
Pope Francis was in early December named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, and then later received the same honour from US LGBT publication the Advocate
The blog post by Damian Thompson published on Sunday begins: “So just how gay-friendly is Pope Francis? Consider this.”
Mr Thompson continues to note the Pope’s past history of supporting civil unions in Argentina, in lieu of supporting same-sex marriage, and that the 77-year-old in the past described same-sex marriage and gay couples adopting as a “destructive attack on God’s plan.”
The Pope has also previously said that same-sex adoption adoption is a form of discrimination and abuse against children.
The Telegraph blog concludes, questioning: “What we can say, I think, is that the media read far too much into the Pope’s ‘who am I to judge?’ comment about gay Christians in his impromptu interview on the way back from Rio. If Time magazine gave Francis its Person of the Year on the basis of his relaxed attitude to homosexuality, it should have done its homework more thoroughly.”
Others have questioned whether the Advocate should revoke the award given this latest revelation.
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