Pope Francis on Monday gave a high-profile private audience to a prominent American Jesuit priest who has been attacked repeatedly by conservative Catholics and media outlets for ministering to homosexuals. By meeting Father James Martin during the morning, when the pope's meetings are part of his
VATICAN CITY, Sept 30 - Pope Francis on Monday gave a high-profile private audience to a prominent American Jesuit priest who has been attacked repeatedly by conservative Catholics and media outlets for ministering to homosexuals.
Martin, a Jesuit like the pope, is the author of the 2017 book"Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity". Rorate Caeli, one of the conservative blogs that has often criticized Martin, Tweeted after the audience was made public:"It's the feast of St. Gay Rome." In another Tweet, Rorate Caeli said:"If that's not an endorsement, nothing is."
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