{"id":25991,"date":"2015-10-02T14:20:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T18:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/before-meeting-kim-davis-pope-met-with-a-longtime-gay-friend-in-washington\/"},"modified":"2015-10-02T14:20:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T18:20:37","slug":"before-meeting-kim-davis-pope-met-with-a-longtime-gay-friend-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/before-meeting-kim-davis-pope-met-with-a-longtime-gay-friend-in-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Before Meeting Kim Davis, Pope Met With A Longtime Gay Friend In Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Before Meeting Kim Davis, Pope Met With A Longtime Gay Friend In Washington<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis privately met with a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a> last week while visiting Washington, D.C., according to several news reports Friday.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Yayo Grassi, an openly <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> Argentine-American caterer who lives in the Washington area and is a former student of the pope&rsquo;s, met with Francis at the Apostolic Nunciature one day before the pope met Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who has been at the center of a national controversy over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Joining Grassi was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/10\/03\/world\/europe\/pope-francis-kim-davis-meeting.html?smid=tw-share&amp;_r=1\" target=\"_blank\">his boyfriend of 19 years, Iwan Bagus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The news was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/10\/02\/us\/pope-gay-washington\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">first reported Friday by CNN<\/a>, which published an interview with Grassi and described a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">video<\/a> of him embracing the pope. A partial <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">video<\/a> of Grassi&#8217;s encounter with Francis can be seen below.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/vatican-confirms-pope-met-gay-student-partner-twist-34206691\" target=\"_blank\">The Associated Press reported Friday<\/a>&nbsp;that the Vatican confirmed Francis had met with a &#8220;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> former student and his partner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Grassi did not respond to multiple requests for comment from The Huffington Post.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div data-type=\"embed-asset\" data-provider=\"Embed\" data-title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Grassi, who studied under the pope when Francis taught at Inmaculada Concepcion high school in Flores, Argentina, in the mid-1960s, told CNN the meeting was arranged via the Vatican embassy in Washington.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>According to a Vatican statement on Friday, the embassy also arranged the pope&rsquo;s meeting with Davis, which the Vatican said &ldquo;should not be considered a form of support of her position in all of its particular and complex aspects.&rdquo; The Vatican said the pope only had one &ldquo;real audience&rdquo; while at the embassy, which was his former students.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Grossi&rsquo;s description of himself as a former student would seem to match the Vatican&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with The New York Times, Grossi said that he did not think the pope was making a statement with the meeting, which reportedly lasted between 15 and 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think he was trying to say anything in particular,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;He was just meeting with his ex-student and a very close friend of his.&rdquo;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The news that Francis met with a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> in a long-term relationship within hours of meeting with one of the highest-profile opponents of same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage in the U.S. elicited surprise and applause from LGBT advocates, some of whom had said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/pope-kim-davis-lgbt-catholics_560c3fcee4b0dd85030a720a\" target=\"_blank\">they were offended<\/a>&nbsp;by the pope&#8217;s meeting with Davis.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pope Francis never ceases to surprise us,&#8221; said Christopher J. Hale, executive director of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, in a statement. &#8220;The news that Francis met with a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a> should put to rest any notion that Pope Francis is held down by the narrow ideological divisions that plague the United States. He is first and foremost a pastor who is willing to encounter and engage anyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once again, this shows that the Pope meets with a wide variety of people on his trips,&#8221; said the Rev. James Martin, editor at large of American Magazine, a Jesuit publication, in an email to HuffPost. &#8220;Of course it does not betoken any sort of papal approval of same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage. But if the story is accurate, I&#8217;m glad to hear that the Pope keeps in touch with old friends, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> or straight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Also on HuffPost:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/terms.html\/\">terms.<\/a> It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rc.feedsportal.com\/r\/241225317920\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4a5bf1f4\/sc\/7\/rc\/1\/rc.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rc.feedsportal.com\/r\/241225317920\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4a5bf1f4\/sc\/7\/rc\/1\/rc.img\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rc.feedsportal.com\/r\/241225317920\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4a5bf1f4\/sc\/7\/rc\/2\/rc.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rc.feedsportal.com\/r\/241225317920\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4a5bf1f4\/sc\/7\/rc\/2\/rc.img\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rc.feedsportal.com\/r\/241225317920\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4a5bf1f4\/sc\/7\/rc\/3\/rc.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rc.feedsportal.com\/r\/241225317920\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4a5bf1f4\/sc\/7\/rc\/3\/rc.img\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/da.feedsportal.com\/r\/241225317920\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4a5bf1f4\/sc\/7\/a2.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/da.feedsportal.com\/r\/241225317920\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4a5bf1f4\/sc\/7\/a2.img\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/adchoice.feedsportal.com\/r\/241225317920\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4a5bf1f4\/sc\/7\/ach.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/adchoice.feedsportal.com\/r\/241225317920\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4a5bf1f4\/sc\/7\/ach.img\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/pi.feedsportal.com\/r\/241225317920\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4a5bf1f4\/sc\/7\/a2t.img\" border=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/pi2.feedsportal.com\/r\/241225317920\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4a5bf1f4\/sc\/7\/a2t2.img\" border=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/c\/35496\/f\/677065\/s\/4a5bf1f4\/sc\/7\/mf.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/c\/35496\/f\/677065\/s\/4a5bf1f4\/sc\/7\/l\/0L0Shuffingtonpost0N0C20A150C10A0C0A20Cpope0Efrancis0Eyayo0Egrassi0In0I823460A0A0Bhtml0Dutm0Ihp0Iref0Fgay0Evoices0Gir0FGay0KVoices\/story01.htm\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/c\/35496\/f\/677065\/s\/4a5bf1f4\/sc\/7\/l\/0L0Shuffingtonpost0N0C20A150C10A0C0A20Cpope0Efrancis0Eyayo0Egrassi0In0I823460A0A0Bhtml0Dutm0Ihp0Iref0Fgay0Evoices0Gir0FGay0KVoices\/story01.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before Meeting Kim Davis, Pope Met With A Longtime Gay Friend In Washington Pope Francis privately met with a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a> last week while visiting Washington, D.C., according to several news reports Friday. Yayo Grassi, an openly <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> Argentine-American caterer who lives in the Washington area and is a former student of the pope&rsquo;s, met &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/before-meeting-kim-davis-pope-met-with-a-longtime-gay-friend-in-washington\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Before Meeting Kim Davis, Pope Met With A Longtime Gay Friend In Washington<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Before Meeting Kim Davis, Pope Met With A Longtime Gay Friend In Washington - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/before-meeting-kim-davis-pope-met-with-a-longtime-gay-friend-in-washington\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Before Meeting Kim Davis, Pope Met With A Longtime Gay Friend In Washington - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Before Meeting Kim Davis, Pope Met With A Longtime Gay Friend In Washington Pope Francis privately met with a gay couple last week while visiting Washington, D.C., according to several news reports Friday. 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