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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Pope Francis commanded attention around the world with his liberal-leaning pronouncements, but the pontiff was a complicated, if not confusing, figure to LGBTQ+ people.

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church's first Latin American pontiff, has died, the Vatican announced Monday. He was 88. Francis had served as pope for 12 eventful years, after being elected on March ...

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 ...