"'Next Pope' Winks At Italy's First Gay Blessing"

"Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, is tacitly approving Italy's first public same-sex blessing, held in his archdiocese of Bologna.

Father Gabriele Davalli blessed homosexual couple Pietro Morotti and Giacomo Spagnoli on Saturday at the parish church of San Lorenzo, Budrio...

Davalli, who heads the Pastoral Office for the Family under Cdl. Zuppi, presided over an illicit 'Thanksgiving Mass' to celebrate the union of Morotti and Spagnoli, just after the two homosexuals registered their civil union in the municipality of Budrio.

Zuppi is one of the leading papabile candidates listed by Vaticanist Edward Pentin in his book The Next Pope: The Leading Cardinal Candidates. Last month, Italy's Gay.it described him as 'one of the cardinals closest to the LGBTQ + community ever.'...

The cardinal-archbishop of Bologna was informed and gave his permission for the service, in which at least six other priests concelebrated before a congregation packed with parents, relatives and friends of the homosexual couple...

After Communion, the 'newly-wed' couple processed to the altar and received an apron from the priest...

Earlier, Zuppi, who was elected by majority vote as president of the Italian bishops' conference in May, insisted on 'welcoming' a person even if he 'leads a lifestyle contrary to God's law,' arguing 'no one chooses their sexual orientation.'...

The cardinal earned the nickname 'Archbishop Tortellino' after he suggested cooking tortellini — a Bolognese specialty — without pork for Muslims when banquets were organized for Muslims in churches.

In 2019, when Pope Francis named Zuppi a cardinal, homosexualist Jesuit Fr. James Martin enthusiastically tweeted, 'He [Zuppi] is a great supporter of #LGBT Catholics and wrote the forward for the Italian version of my book Building a Bridge.'"