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Vatican says private 'audience' in D.C. was with gay ex-student, not Kim Davis
Los Angeles Times ^ | 10/02/2015 | Tom Kington

Posted on 10/02/2015 2:04:57 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

A week after Pope Francis met Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk jailed for her refusal to issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples, the Vatican on Friday suggested that she exploited the meeting to promote her views, denied that the pope fully supports her and cast doubt on her account of the encounter.

The Vatican later noted that the only “audience” Francis had at the gathering in Washington was with a former student of the pope, Yayo Grassi, an openly gay Argentine who along with his longtime partner and some friends met with Francis.

Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi said in a statement that Grassi, "who had already met other times in the past with the pope, asked to present several friends to the pope during the pope’s stay in Washington, D.C."

A video posted online shows Grassi embracing the pope and introducing him to his partner, as well as an Argentine woman and some Asian friends.

The statements together seemed intended to distance the pope from Davis.

Davis spent nearly a week in jail after she defied a Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage in the United States. Last week, she said she had met Francis at the Nunciature, the Vatican's U.S. office, in Washington on Sept 24 during his U.S. visit, where she said he told her during a 15-minute meeting to “stay strong.”

"Just knowing that the pope is on track with what we're doing and agreeing, you know, it kind of validates everything,” she told ABC News.

Reports of the meeting between Davis and the pope were taken by conservative groups as evidence that Francis fully supported her refusal to authorize same-sex marriages. Backers of such unions charged that the pope had been used by Davis.

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KEYWORDS: gaymarriage; homosexualagenda; homosexuals; kimdavis; popefrancis; thespinisin; vatican
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Are you saying he is not?


41 posted on 10/02/2015 5:23:15 PM PDT by Godebert
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To: Godebert

I have no idea. I just asked if you are saying Thomas Rosica is a pedophile.


42 posted on 10/02/2015 5:29:20 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Kyrie eleison (40x))
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I always assume all robed papists are.


43 posted on 10/02/2015 5:34:21 PM PDT by Godebert
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To: Godebert

Anyone who assumes that, manifests unjust judgment. This is a serious sin, forbidden by God.


44 posted on 10/02/2015 5:39:47 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Justice and judgment are the foundation of His throne." - Psalm 89:15)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I’ll say a few hail marys.... that should get me off the hook.


45 posted on 10/02/2015 5:42:02 PM PDT by Godebert
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To: Godebert

Repent, and bear fruit worthy of repentance. Luke 3:8


46 posted on 10/02/2015 5:46:21 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Justice and judgment are the foundation of His throne." - Psalm 89:15)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

The only papist I listen to is Ann Barnhardt.


47 posted on 10/02/2015 5:51:49 PM PDT by Godebert
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To: Godebert

I read Barnhardt too. It’s a good start.


48 posted on 10/02/2015 5:55:29 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Justice and judgment are the foundation of His throne." - Psalm 89:15)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

She’s one of the very few that ‘gets it’.


49 posted on 10/02/2015 6:01:46 PM PDT by Godebert
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To: Godebert

There’s more than a few, my dear Godebert.


50 posted on 10/02/2015 6:04:33 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Not enough to save our republic.


51 posted on 10/02/2015 6:12:32 PM PDT by Godebert
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