What do you make of a pope who has embraced the L.G.B.T.Q. Catholic community, but who reportedly used a gay slur while reiterating the church’s ban on admitting gay men to seminaries? Many L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics, including myself, find themselves asking that question this morning, and satisfying answers seem in short supply.
On Monday, news broke in Italy, and was quickly picked up by U.S. outlets, that reported Pope Francis had told Italian bishops earlier this month at a closed-door meeting that they should continue to refrain from admitting gay men to seminaries, in order to “prevent the risk that the gay person who chooses the priesthood could later end up living a double-life, continuing to practice homosexuality.” But it was…
