Anti-Pope Francis The Heretic & Co. Denounce Anti-Gay Laws in Unprecedented Airborne News Conference

💭 Returning From Africa, Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the foremost Presbyterian minister in Scotland church leaders condemn anti-Gay laws.

In an in-flight news conference after six days in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, Francis also denounced conservative critics who he said had “instrumentalized” the death of Benedict XVI.

The three Christian leaders were returning home from South Sudan, where they took part in a three-day ecumenical pilgrimage to try to nudge the young country's peace process forward.

They were asked about Francis's recent comments in which he declared that laws that criminalise gay people were 'unjust' and that 'being homosexual is not a crime'.

South Sudan is one of 67 countries that criminalises homosexuality. In 11 countries, people can be sentenced to the death penalty for being part of the LGBT community.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said LGBTQ rights were very much on the current agenda of the Church of England and committed to quoting the pope's own words when the issue is discussed at the church's upcoming General Synod.

The Church of Scotland allows same-sex marriages.

Catholic teaching currently holds that gay people must be treated with dignity and respect, but that homosexual acts are 'intrinsically disordered'.