It turns out Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganòis, a staunch conservative and vocally opposed to same-sex marriage throughout his five-year tenure as the Vatican’s nuncio (ambassador) to the United States, sent an anonymous letter to homophobic pin-up girl Kim Davis inviting her to meet with the Pope.

Many of her fellow anti-equality, bible bangin', homophobes with bad hair initially thought this was a coup for Davis and bigotry.

Not so.

A friend of the Pope’s claimed he was blindsided by the meeting, and the move caused the Vatican to distance itself from Viganò, leading many to believe the Pope would quietly replace him as his “statutory retirement age” was approaching. 

Viganò turned 75 in January; when bishops and archbishops reach that age, they are required to submit a letter of resignation to the Vatican.

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