FILE PHOTO: Jesuit priest father James Martin of the U.S. smiles as he signs copies of his book at the Pastoral Congress at the World Meeting of Families in Dublin, Ireland August 23, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo gave a high-profile private audience to a prominent U.S. priest who ministers to LGBT Catholics on Monday, in a possible sign the new pontiff will continue the late Pope Francis' legacy of opening up the Church to the gay community.
Leo, the first U.S. pope, met at the Vatican with Rev. James Martin, who has been attacked repeatedly by conservative Catholics for his ministry but was supported by Francis.
