As September 5-7 pilgrimage of roughly 2,000 LGBTQ+ Catholics to Rome as part of the ongoing Jubilee Year, which is not formally part of the calendar of official celebrations but which nevertheless has been welcomed by some church officials, culminated with a procession of participants into St Peter’s Square for the Pope’s traditional noontime Angelus…
Maybe we should stop waiting for real pope to emerge from under careful facade
Pope Leo XIV smiles as he greets visitors and pilgrims from the popemobile under the rain in St Peter’s Square. Photo: CNS /Lola Gomez

John L. Allen Jr.