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This is an archive article published on March 14, 2013

Pope Francis describes gay marriage ‘destructive attack on God’s plan’

First Latin American pope sees marriage as the work of the devil.

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio,a 76-year-old Argentinean,has been chosen as the first Latin American pope,is anti-gay marriage and anti-gay adoption.

Mario Bergoglio,who will lead the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics as Pope Francis,described same-sex marriage as the work of the devil and a “destructive attack on God’s plan.”

He has also said that gay adoption is a form of discrimination against children,the Huffington Post reports.

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According to the National Catholic Register,in 2010,Francis championed against a bill for same-sex marriage and gay adoption.

Pope Francis went on to describe gay marriage as a “move of the Father of Lies who seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God” and asked for lawmakers to “not act in error”,the Post said.

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