Catholic Church more welcoming of gay people under Pope Francis, says former taoiseach Leo Varadkar

Pope Francis shakes hands with then taoiseach Leo Varadkar at Dublin Airport as he departs after his two day visit in 2018. File Picture: Maxwells

The papacy of Pope Francis made it more comfortable for former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to attend Mass as a gay man, he has told the Irish Examiner.

Mr Varadkar said that he had felt that the Catholic Church had become more welcoming of gay people generally during Pope Francis's reign.