Anti-LGBTQ+ Catholic leader confirmed as ambassador to Vatican
Brian Burch, cofounder of CatholicVote, criticized Pope Francis's decision to bless same-sex couples.
August 6, 2025
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Brian Burch, cofounder of CatholicVote, criticized Pope Francis's decision to bless same-sex couples.
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“Pope Francis was a transformational leader who included LGBTQ people in historic ways," said Sarah Kate Ellis of GLAAD.
A high-ranking Vatican official allows that there are "exceptional situations."
The church also declares LGBTQ+ folks exist "in a situation that seriously hinders a correct relationship with men and women."
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Viganò invited notoriously antigay Kentucky official Kim Davis to a meeting with the pope and has denounced the blessing of same-sex relationships.
The bisexual student from the Philippines said the offensive language “leads to immense pain.”
Sources present at a closed-door meeting said the pope used the slur during a discussion in which he warned against admitting gay men into the priesthood.
The Pope is apologizing for invoking a vulgar Italian term about gay men in a recent closed-door debate about LGBTQ+ priests.
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The document, which also goes after abortion and surrogacy, was approved by Pope Francis, who has had a mixed record on LGBTQ+ rights support.
People aren't scandalized by the blessing of an exploitative entrepreneur, but somehow they are by the blessing of a gay person, the pope said in a recent interview.
The pope issued a clarification of sorts in an address at the Vatican Friday.