Pope Francis: gay priests in the Vatican? Yes. A gay conspiracy? No

Pontiff reopens most urgent issue of his reign on flight from Rio and prioritises tackling attitudes to homosexuality It was on the return flight from Rio aboard the papal plane known to Vatican-watchers as Shepherd One that Pope Francis reopened the most urgent issue of his reign. Relaxing in the glow of adulation from a tour of Brazil that had culminated in the celebration of mass with three million pilgrims on Copacabana beach, the pontiff wandered to the back of the papal plane, where he spo...