Pope Francis has said gay priests should not be judged or marginalised and should be integrated into society, but he reaffirmed Church teaching that homosexual acts are a sin. On women priests, the pope said: "The Church has spoken and says 'no'."
Gay rights group Stonewall told ITV News it is baffled by the Pope's comments on gay priests.
Stonewall had objected to a section of the Pope's comments which had followed headline remarks about not wanting to judge priests who are gay:
"The problem is not having this [homosexual] orientation. We must be brothers. The problem is lobbying by this orientation, or lobbies of greedy people, political lobbies, Masonic lobbies, so many lobbies. This is the worse problem," he had said.
The Democratic presidential candidate may also have shown his cards on his choice of running mate.
The US president also shared a post on Twitter accusing Dr Anthony Fauci of misleading the public over hydroxychloroquine.
Fears over an impending second wave of coronavirus dominates Wednesday’s front pages.