Yes, Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church.

I agree with his initiative. There are many "sins  punishable by death" from back then that we no longer observe, such as homicide, striking one's parents, kidnapping, cursing one's parents, witchcraft and divination, bestiality, worshiping other gods, violating the Sabbath, child sacrifice, adultery, and incest

We've already condemned the forms of justice that seek to make those behaviors "punishable by death" .

Following Roman Catholic tradition, is there something wrong with someone condemning forms of justice that seek to punish the LGBT community with death?

Is it enough or up to our standards? Of course not. It's what he can do without being thrown out of The Vatican.

I'm sure he doesn't think homosexuality is a sin, and that it's not reasonable at all to follow the Bible (with all the changes and "edits" it suffered for 2000 years for nefarious purposes) to the letter.

But he can't outright say that, because the backlash would be intolerable.

So he kind of tries to "soften" the message and hopefully it gets some of his flock (uneducated, old, believe me I know them) to get a bit closer to the views of the modern, civilized world.

I had high hopes for him, and maybe he fell short but really, I can't come up with anything more he could do.

When the next Pope comes we will remember him fondly, of that I'm sure.