On Monday the northern Italian Bishops’ Conference of Emilia-Romagna elected Archbishop Giacomo Morandi, a former high-level Vatican official seen as being at odds with Pope Francis, to take over for a key papal ally as its new president.
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Pope Francis spoke with L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics and their supporters for years before letting priests bless same-sex couples. But the move’s timing also owed something to its conservative opponents.
In March 2021, as stunned LGBTQ+ Catholics grappled with a Vatican document approved by Pope Francis that ruled against blessing same-sex unions, one of his confidants, who is gay, says they spoke on the phone.