The big picture: Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88, was a champion of LGBTQ+ rights and pushed the Catholic Church to be more welcoming of same-sex couples and transgender people.

The last people to say goodbye to Pope Francis before he was buried consisted of a group of poor people, transgender people and prisoners, who met his coffin on the steps of St. Mary Major ...

Pope Francis used the words 'gay' and 'transgender' and met with LGBTQ+ people on many occasions. His impact cannot be underestimated.

Pope Francis used the words 'gay' and 'transgender' and met with LGBTQ+ people on many occasions. His impact cannot be underestimated.

The papacy of Pope Francis ended with the same core doctrine for LGBTQ+ people that he inherited: The Catholic Church still rejected same-sex marriage and condemned any sexual relations between ...

As Pope Francis shook my hand for a second time and said ‘God bless you’, all I could think was: ‘Wow’. It was October last year and I was sitting beside three other transgender men. We ...

In 2020, Francis cautiously supported civil unions for same-sex couples, an unprecedented stance for a pope. However, he simultaneously maintained the church's opposition to same-sex marriage and ...

Pope Francis used the words 'gay' and 'transgender' and met with LGBTQ+ people on many occasions. His impact cannot be underestimated.