{"id":40948,"date":"2023-04-12T08:53:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T15:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/?p=40948"},"modified":"2023-04-12T08:54:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T15:54:29","slug":"pope-francis-says-sex-is-a-beautiful-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/pope-francis-says-sex-is-a-beautiful-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis Says Sex Is A &#8216;Beautiful Thing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pope Francis praised the virtues of sex in a new documentary. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/06\/sex-is-a-beautiful-thing-the-pope\/\">The Pope Answers<\/a>\u201d captures a meeting he had last year in Rome with 10 people in their early 20s, in which Francis answered questions on various topics including LGBTQ+ rights, the porn industry, and sex. \u201cSex is one of the beautiful things\u00a0that God has given to the human person,\u201d he said in the documentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo express yourself sexually is a richness,\u201d he added. 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