article_snippet: Pope Francis has had lunch with at least 10 gay, transgender and HIV-suffering inmates at a prison in Naples today, it has been reported.
article_snippet: at least 10 gay, transgender and HIV-suffering inmates at a prison in Naples were among 90 prisoners invited to dine with the pontiff on Pope Francis day-long trip to southern-Italy.
article_snippet: Breaking bread: Pope Francis (pictured) has had lunch with at least 10 gay, transgender and HIV-suffering inmates at a prison in Naples during Pope Francis visit to Naples .
article_snippet: Since Pope Francis election two years ago, the Argentine pontiff has led a new and welcoming approach to gay and transgender people.
article_snippet: When asked whether a gay man could be a priest, a gay man reportedly replied: 'Who am I to judge?'
article_snippet: And in late January, a gay man had a private meeting in the Vatican with a Spanish transgender man who wrote to Francs about the rejection a gay man was facing at a gay man home parish.
article_snippet: On Holy Thursday next month, a gay man will wash the feet of male and female inmates at a prison near Rome as part of a gay man continued public outreach to detainees.
article_snippet: On Holy Thursday Thursday next month, a gay man will wash the feet of male and female inmates at a prison near Rome as part of a gay man continued public outreach to detainees .
highlights_snippet: Ten gay, transgender inmates were among the 90 eating with Pope Francis .
  