(Gregorio Borgia, Pool/Associated Press)KNOCK, Ireland — The Latest on Pope Francis’ trip to Ireland (all times local):11:59 p.m.Pope Francis says parents of gay children shouldn’t condemn them, ignore their orientation or throw them out of the house. Speaking to reporters after closing out a Catholic family rally in Ireland, Francis said: “There have always been gay people and people with homosexual tendencies.”Francis was asked what he would tell a father of a child who just came out as gay. The pope was also asked about Vigano’s claims that McCarrick was already under sanction at the time, but that Francis rehabilitated him. You are not going to stay there.”The demonstrators were hoping to draw attention to the plight of the Tuam babies as Pope Francis visited a shrine town Sunday. The demonstration took place near the Marian shrine at Knock, which Pope Francis visited earlier Sunday.

Source: Washington Post August 26, 2018 23:03 UTC