Pope Drives Past HRC HQ – Did He See Their Banner Asking Him To Welcome LGBT People?

The Human Rights Campaign is hoping the large banner they hung from their D.C. headquarters was seen by Pope Francis today.

Last week HRC hung a large banner from their Washington, D.C. headquarters, on the main drag which conveniently is the route the Pope took today.

“We are your children, your teachers, your faithful,” the banner reads. “Welcomed by God, dismissed by our bishops.”

“Pope Francis, will you welcome us home?,” it asks.

This afternoon, HRC posted this photo to Twitter showing Pope Francis driving past their HQ in his iconic Fiat:

The Washington Blade’s Michael K. Lavers reports that the Pope’s “motorcade passed the Human Rights Campaign building in Northwest D.C. on Wednesday as the pontiff made his way to the nearby Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle.”

“Members of Dignity Washington were among the hundreds of people who had gathered outside the building at the corner of Rhode Island Avenue and 17th Street, N.W., in hopes they would have a chance to see the pope.”

“Dignity Washington members were holding a banner that read ‘Pope Francis: The spirit is speaking through us’ with a reference to LGBT Catholics. Others wore blue t-shirts that asked the pontiff whether he would ‘welcome us home.'”

 

Image by HRC via Twitter