If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?

Se una persona è gay e cerca il Signore e ha buona volontà, chi sono io per giudicarla?

Pope Francis

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Topic

Homosexuality Judging others Grace Catholicism

Speaker

Pope Francis

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Statement Type

Question

Language

Italian

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

Occupation

Pope Clergyman Catholic Christian

From

Argentina South America

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Citation

Pope Francis. "On Gay Priests, Pope Francis Asks, 'Who Am I to Judge?" The New York Times, July 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/world/europe/pope-francis-gay-priests.html

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When I had journeyed half of our life's way,
I found myself within a shadowed forest,
for I had lost the path that does not stray.

Dante Alighieri

Inferno

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Author

Dante Alighieri
Source
Inferno The Divine Comedy
Medium
Poem
Genre
Narrative poem Epic poem Religious literature
Statement Type
Opening lines
Language
Italian
Time
1321 1320s 14th century
Era
Middle Ages
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Original Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno [Hell]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

Current Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Another quote of the following type Question

Can I see another's woe,
And not be in sorrows too?
Can I see another's grief,
And not seek for kind relief?

William Blake

Songs of Innocence

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Topic
Empathy Helping others

Author

William Blake
Source
Songs of Innocence
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Question
Language
English
Time
1789 1780s 18th century
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Original Citation

Blake, William. "On Another's Sorrow." Songs of Innocence. London, 1789.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "On Anothers Sorrow." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.