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Meet the gay designer who just keeps making the pope look good

Filippo Sorcinelli says faith and sexuality are a creative tension as his ornate vestments have dressed Benedict XVI, Francis and Leo XIV.

Summary by The Advocate
Some jokes never seem to get old, and we’d argue that’s true for quips about the pomp and circumstance behind papal vestments. Despite hopes that having two relatively liberal popes in a row would have done something to shift the Catholic Church’s stance on LGBTQ+ issues, things have remained pretty status quo in the past decade-plus. So it seems only fair to make light of the fact that, when it comes to their flamboyancy of sartorial expression…

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The Advocate broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Monday, April 27, 2026.
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