Pope Francis does not view homosexuality as a disease, Vatican says…
Vatican clarifies Pope Francis comments on psychiatric help for gay children, did not intend to suggest homosexuality was a 'mental illness'
http://archive.today/2018.08.29-030145/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/pope-francis-homosexuality-gay-children-psychiatry-vatican-catholic-church-a8510721.html
The Vatican has tried to row back a suggestion by Pope Francis that parents should seek psychiatric help for their gay children. During a press conference aboard a flight from Ireland to Rome, Francis was asked what he would say to parents whose children were gay. The pontiff told journalists: “When it shows itself from childhood, there is a lot that can be done through psychiatry, to see how things are. It is something else if it shows itself after 20 years.” But when the Holy See’s official news website published details of the interaction, the line was not included. Vatican News reported the pontiff had also said he would encourage parents “to pray, to not condemn, to dialogue, to make room” for their offspring, and that ignoring the child would be an error.
A Vatican spokeswoman claimed the omission was made to avoid changing “the thoughts of the Holy Father”. She told the Agence France-Presse news agency: “When the pope referred to ‘psychiatry’, it is clear that he was doing it to highlight an example of ‘things that can be done’. But with that word he didn’t mean to say that [homosexuality] was a ‘mental illness’.” Francis’ remarks attracted condemnation from Colm O’Gorman, the executive director of Amnesty International in Ireland and a survivor of clerical abuse. “He is basically saying that young gay people can be changed, which is archaic and has been refuted numerous times,” he told The Times.