Heaven's out, but be nice

Homosexuals and transsexuals "will never enter the kingdom of heaven", a leading Catholic cardinal said yesterday.

Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan said that while the Church regarded homosexuality as an "insult to God", this did not justify discrimination against gay and transsexual people.

The cardinal said: "Homosexuality is a sin, but this does not justify any form of discrimination. God alone has the right to judge."