Bishops Refute Claims that Pope Francis Displeased with Fr. James Martin´s LGBT Ministry
(World News USA)

Archbishop John Wester Two bishops have pushed back against anonymous claims that, during an ad limina visit with U.S. bishops, Pope Francis expressed concern with Jesuit Fr. James Martin`s LGBT ministry. Late last week, a conservative Catholic news outlet claimed that Pope Francis told bishops from the southwest U.S. doing their ad limina visit that he was displeased with how Martin acted following a September 2019 meeting between the pontiff and the Jesuit priest. The outlet, Catholic News Agency, also reported that Martin had received a `talking to` about how the story of the meeting was reported in the press. It is worth noting that this report was based on unnamed bishops and that the...