Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kafin a zabe shi a matsayin Paparoma, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio na Argentina ya yi tsayayya da auren auren jinsi daya da kuma auren auren jinsi daya da majalisar dattijai ta Argentina ta yi muhawara a 2010. A matsayin Paparoma Francis, bayan zabensa a 2013
, ya yi magana akai-akai game da buƙatar cocin Katolika don maraba da ƙauna ga dukan mutane ba tare da la'akari da jima'i ba. Koyaya, Paparoma Francis shima yana da alamomi a akasin wannan, kamar albarkacin ma'aurata 'yan luwadi a watan Yulin 2015 don daga baya Ciro Benedettini, Mai Magana da yawun Vatican, ya tabbatar da cewa babu wata hanyar da wasiƙar take "da nufin amincewa da halaye da koyarwar da ba ta dace da Linjila ba". Paparoma Francis ya kuma gana da Kim Davis (ma'aikacin gundumar da ya kalubalanci umarnin kotun tarayya ta Amurka don bayar da lasisin aure ga ma'aurata masu jinsi ɗaya), wanda daga baya Vatican ta bayyana cewa wannan taron "bai goyi bayan ra'ayoyin Davis ba". Da yake magana game da 'yan luwadi a cikin 2013, Paparoma Francis ya ce, "mabuɗin shine coci ya maraba, ba don warewa ba, kuma ya nuna jinƙai, ba don yanke hukunci ba". Ya ce, "Idan mutum ya kasance gay kuma yana neman Allah kuma yana da kyakkyawar niyya, wanene ni in yi hukunci?" Ya ci gaba da cewa: "Matsalar ita ce, ba su da irin wannan ra'ayin. Dole ne mu zama 'yan'uwa". Paparoma ya sake nanata koyarwar Cocin Katolika game da luwadi, har da matsayinta game da aure. Waɗanda suke yin sha'awar luwadi suna saɓa wa koyarwar Kirista. Ya kuma kasance mai faɗakarwa game da buƙatar zama mai tausayi ga LGBT + mutane, kuma an kira shi Mutum na Shekara ta mujallar LGBT "The Advocate". A cikin 2019, Paparoma Francis ya sake nanata cewa koyarwar Katolika ta bayyana cewa halayen luwadi "ba zunubi bane, amma yin aiki akansa zunubi ne.