Pope Leo XIV will meet and dine with Alessia Nobile and other trans Catholic activists this Sunday, during a special Vatican lunch marking the Church’s Jubilee of the Poor, Catholic journalist Christopher Hale reports.

The annual event coincides with the World Day of the Poor and includes Mass in St Peter’s Basilica followed by a communal meal for people who are homeless, vulnerable, or socially marginalised.

Nobile, 46, was one of five transgender women invited after she formally requested an audience with the new Pope, who was born in Chicago and who holds dual American and Peruvian citizenship. The 69-year-old was elected on Thursday 8 May after a two-day papal conclave following the death of 88-year-old Pope Francis .

Her hope is to ensure the inclusive spirit fostered under Pope Fr

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