Further distancing itself from the Kentucky clerk,Vatican says Pope only had ‘genuine audience’ in Washington with a former student and his partnerThe Vatican has confirmed that the only “genuine audience” Pope Francis had while he was in Washington final month was with a gay former student and his longtime partner – a day before the pontiff met Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who was jailed for refusing to grant same sex couples marriage licenses for devout reasons. On Friday, and the Vatican sought to distance itself from Davis,saying in a statement that her encounter with the pope did not represent an endorsement of her opinions or actions. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com