Pope Francis meets with gay friend as Kim Davis claims are disputed

He may have met up with Kim Davis, but it has now emerged that Pope Francis A) didn’t really know who she was, and B) also met up with a gay couple while in Washington last week.

Thank, er, God for that.

Yayo Grassi, a former student of the religious leader’s, told the BBC that while they didn’t talk about gay issues, he considers the pontiff a dear friend.

“Just two friends meeting after a long time,” he said. “We didn’t talk about gay issues or anything like that.”

The Vatican added: “The Pope, as pastor, has maintained many personal relationships with people in a spirit of kindness, welcome and dialogue.”

Giving his spin on the fuss around the Davis meeting, Grassi said: “My personal thought is that Pope Francis was not completely briefed on who was this person.

“Obviously, I think that somebody who preaches for integration and who’s so into loving each other, and knowing that this lady was somebody for personal reasons did not want to issue marriage licenses to gay people, he wouldn’t be happy with that, absolutely not.

“He has said who is he to judge other people. He’s not homophobic and doesn’t have a double face. It’s the way he thinks and how he is.”

Grassi also claims to have once received an email from Pope Francis before he became Pope, saying: “I can guarantee you one thing, there is no place for homophobia in my work.”

So that’s something.