Pope Francis and Cardinal Pietro Parolin leave the Paul VI hall on February 12, 2015. (FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
The Vatican’s top diplomat has denied ever intending to block a controversial piece of proposed Italian legislation ostensibly designed to combat homophobia, saying a diplomatic note that leaked to the Italian press earlier this week was meant to address “preventatively” some “interpretative problems” that could arise from a law, the text of which contained “vague and uncertain” expressions.
