Austen Ivereigh @austeni On the day that disgraced Bp Strickland stood up at USCCB mtng to denounce @JamesMartinSJ for receiving into the Church a gay man in a relationship, Pope Leo warmly received a gay couple, smiling and nodding when they praised Fr Martin for his ministry. Quote Christopher Hale @chrisjollyhale · Nov 12 NEW: During a Vatican audience, a prominent same-sex couple told Pope Leo XIV they were married. The pope responded with overwhelming kindness — and a conversation about the day’s Wordle. This quiet moment may signal something bigger: the kind of Church Pope Leo intends to Show more 10:56 PM · Nov 12, 2025 · 48.6K Views Bishop Strickland denounces Pope Leo, bishops for scandalizing the faithful ... ... Welcoming unrepentant ‘married’ homosexuals into the Church Strickland highlighted how priests and bishops frequently scandalize the faithful by welcoming homosexual “couples” into the Church, and Pope Leo grants them an audience without calling them to repentanc...