Don Andrea Gallo, a religious LGBT advocate in Italy, has said a homosexual pope would be ‘wonderful’.
‘A homosexual pope would be a wonderful thing,’ he told Italy’s Radio 24. ‘There is equality of the children of God. It is the essence of the Gospel, we are all sons and daughters of God.’
Gallo added: ‘A homosexual priest should be free to express his or her identity and her sexuality, otherwise it represses and becomes pedophilia.’
In the interview, Gallo also revealed a bishop attempted to sexually assault him when he was a young priest.
Gallo also supports women priests. But his wishes seem unlikely to hit fertile soil as the shortlist of papal hopefuls is opposed to homosexuality to a man, if you forgive the pun. To read more go here