It sounds like the Vatican’s U.S. ambassador set up the meeting. How much the Pope or others knew about Davis beforehand is unclear. The way they are backtracking on the whole thing, you have to assume they either didn’t know about her whole story beforehand or that they hoped the meeting would be kept secret, and were just doing it as a favor to the ambassador. It sounds like the ambassador has been clear about his stance on marriage for a long time and has supported Davis, much clearer than the Pope has been.
Could this Pope destroy the Church? It almost seems as though he already has, insofar as he has subjugated himself in every particular to the prevailing political agenda. It surprises me, but maybe it shouldn’t. This has been in the cards for a while.
Why doesn’t the Pope just support her?