Popular religious figure, Pope Francis has come out to tell parents to support their kids at all times.

He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and the world has been reacting.

According to him, families should learn to never condemn their children for whatever reason, including over their sexual orientation.

He added that parents should always be on the side of their kids and they should not hide in a condemnatory attitude.

His words, “I think of parents with children with illnesses, even permanent illnesses – how much pain.”

“Parents who see different sexual orientations in their children – how to deal with this, how to be on their side and not hide in a condemnatory attitude.”

“Parents who see their children not going to school – so many parents’ problems, we think how to help them.”

“To them, I say: don’t be afraid… Never condemn a child.”

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Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is, as the bishop of Rome, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State.

Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on 17 December 1936[7] in Flores, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires.[7] He was the eldest of five children of Mario José Bergoglio (1908–1959) and Regina María Sívori (1911–1981). Mario Bergoglio was an Italian immigrant accountant born in Portacomaro (Province of Asti) in Italy’s Piedmont region.

Regina Sívori was a housewife born in Buenos Aires to a family of northern Italian (Piedmontese-Genoese) origin.