Pope Francis just named a pro-LGBT bishop as a cardinal.

September 6, 2019 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, LIFESTYLES, RELIGION Comments Off on Pope Francis just named a pro-LGBT bishop as a cardinal.
Matteo Maria Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna, at the 40th Meeting for Friendship Between Peoples in Rome, Italy. (Montesi/Corbis/Getty)

LGBT+ advocates are celebrating after the Pope elevated a leading pro-gay bishop to the College of Cardinals.

On Sunday, September 1, Pope Francis made the surprise announcement that he would promoting 13 clerics to the rank of cardinal.

Among them was…