From The Tablet-Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said this week that “homosexuals are not criminals” and should not be sentenced for up to life in prison.
He was speaking at a human rights conference in Bratislava, where he was asked about new legislation in Uganda that bans funding, recruitment and promotion of homosexuality.
Cardinal Turkson said the Vatican also called on the international community to keep providing aid to Uganda.
The World Bank has suspended a US$90 million loan for that would help fund maternal health, newborn care and family planning because of the legislation.
His intervention directly contradicts the country’s bishops’ conference, which along with Protestant, Orthodox, Pentecostal and Muslim leaders last week welcomed the law saying it would promote morality, describing homosexuality and lesbianism as “part of human weakness” that had to be addressed through repentance.
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http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/496/0/vatican-s-turkson-criticises-ugandan-anti-gay-law-backed-by-country-s-bishops
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