Not only does he accept the communist desecrated crucifix, but he wears one around his neck!
And he's happy to do so!
Posted on 10/02/2015 9:37:03 AM PDT by GIdget2004
The day before Pope Francis met anti-gay county clerk Kim Davis in Washington last week, he held a private meeting with a longtime friend from Argentina who has been in a same-sex relationship for 19 years.
Yayo Grassi, an openly gay man, brought his partner, Iwan, as well several other friends to the Vatican Embassy on September 23 for a brief visit with the Pope. A video of the meeting shows Grassi and Francis greeting each other with a warm hug.
In an exclusive interview with CNN, Grassi declined to disclose details about the short visit, but said it was arranged personally by the Pope via email in the weeks ahead of Francis' highly anticipated visit to the United States.
"Three weeks before the trip, he called me on the phone and said he would love to give me a hug," Grassi said.
The meeting between Grassi and the Pope adds another intriguing twist to the strange aftermath of Francis' first-ever trip to the United States. Since news broke on Tuesday of Francis' meeting with Davis, conservatives have cheered the seemingly implicit endorsement, while liberals have questioned how much the Pope knew about her case.
In a statement on Friday, the Vatican said that the meeting with Davis was not intended as a show of support for her cause and said "the only real audience granted by the Pope at the nunciature (embassy) was with one of his former students and his family."
"That was me," Grassi said.
Grassi said that Pope Francis taught him in literature and psychology classes at Inmaculada Concepcion high school in Flores, Argentina, from 1964-1965.
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Oh, crap. The media is going to take this and run with it.
And in the complete opposite direction from where they’ve run with the Kim Davis meeting.
Did he also meet with Michael Sam? Bruce, er Caitlyn?
The ‘art of confusion’.
It looks like the only thing he missed was “late night TV”.
Well I hope the Pope mentioned Confession, redemption and Jesus Christ.
His Holiness? The “Vicar” of Christ?
Think Sodom and Gomorrah.
Reason through that.
“The Mafia”- thats how a shadowy group of progessive Cardinals who ousted Ratzinger and installed Pope Francis jokingly referred to their group.
GAY COMMIE POPE.
MEET IN SECRET WITH BOTH! Haha. Popey doesn’t know what he believes so hedge bet on both sides.
Yes, but that meeting does not indicate support for their position.
So, this Pope sets up a meeting with a same-sex couple and that’s wonderful, but has to play down his meeting with Kim Davis? I wouldn’t want to even meet this Pope - it would be like meeting with Obama - no thanks!
Fornication, with a cup of abomination thrown in.
Hmmm. An exclusive. That means it might not be true—or might have fudging (poor choice of words) of key assertions.
[”Three weeks before the trip, he called me on the phone and said he would love to give me a hug,” Grassi said.]
OK.
[In a statement on Friday, the Vatican said that the meeting with Davis was not intended as a show of support for her cause]
Uh, OK again.
Not only does he accept the communist desecrated crucifix, but he wears one around his neck!
And he's happy to do so!
Next thing you know, escaped Heroin Kingpin El Chapo Guzman will say he too had a ‘private meeting’ with the Pope.
Guzman will say that he too received a brief hug, a blessing and a string of Rosary Beads. Guzman would not confirm or deny that Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim made this happen (since he owes Guzman a couple of favors anyway).
Did he send a ‘pic’ along with that message? Just asking.
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