In Historic First, Pope Leo Opens Vatican Doors to LGBT Catholics — Even as U.S. Rights Slide

Pope Leo will host a pro-LGBT Catholic group in Rome — a first for his pontificate — and his top advisors say gay blessings will remain in place.

In a landmark move revealed this week, Pope Leo will host “We Are Church,” a pro-LGBT Catholic reform organization, at the Vatican in late October — the first time an LGBT Catholic delegation has been invited “in this form.”

Eight representatives from the group, which explicitly endorses blessings for same-sex couples and calls for an “end of the exclus…