"Francis DeBernardo, Executive Director of Catholic gay rights group New Ways Ministry, poses for a photo in front of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, after attending Pope Francis' weekly general audience, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. The Vatican did something it has never done before by giving a group of U.S. gay and lesbian Catholics VIP seats at Pope Francis' weekly general audience. But in a sign that the welcome wasn't all it could have been, the New Ways Ministry pilgrims were only identified on the Vatican's list of attendees as a ""group of lay people accompanied by a Sister of Loreto."" (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)"