By Catholic World News - Pope Francis and Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York sent messages of support to a Catholic LGBTQ conference organized by Outreach, led by Father James Martin, SJ... “Again, thank you, thank you for your witness,” Pope Francis wrote in a handwritten letter, dated May 6, to Father Martin... “The Pope was very pained when the CDF [Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith] published a letter, not signed by him, saying same-sex couples cannot be blessed,” Cruz reportedly said. “You’ll have to trust me when I say those people are no longer working in the CDF.”