That’s the treatment the roughly 50 members of the Maryland-based group gotmuch to their surprisefor Pope Francis’ weekly address Wednesday in St. Peter’s Square, according to Francis DeBernardo, the group’s executive director.
“It’s really an incredible honor and an incredible step forward for the LGBT community to be recognized,” he told CNN from Rome.
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Speaking about this shift, DeBernardo said Francis “has given people a lot of hope, (though) I don’t think he’s a pope that’s going to make the big changes that we’d like to see.”
“But,” DeBernardo added, “he is a pope who is opening up a discussion.”
