Eugenio Scalfari of La Repubblica claimed he spoke with Pope Francis on this day, and the Pope had indicated his approval of all divorced and remarried Catholics receiving Holy Communion "at the end of faster or slower paths".

USCCB general secretary Msgr Jeffrey Burrill resigned after the Pillar news service revealed that he used the Grindr app, used by people to seek anonymous sexual encounters.

Pope Francis urged the Italian bishops to not allow homosexual men to enter the priesthood, saying there was “too much frociaggine (‘faggotry’) in seminaries."