Opinion from Pope Francis
In a recent interview with The New York Times, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, archbishop of Washington, DC, revealed that he once came across a priest who recognised me as a gay man. “He said, ‘I’m gay too’,” he added. Gregory, who has apologised for the mistreatment of LGBT people in the church, further said that the priests didn’t understand what was happening to them.
Sylvia Poggioli met Pope Francis while working for NPR
Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday, was the first-ever Latin American pope. He was archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina from 2013-2017. In his 12 years as Pope, he took on a number of challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the global financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI had announced his resignation on Friday after 12 years as Pope.