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Pope Leo XIV’s lung cancer diagnosis redirected global attention to the human elements of the Vatican. Popes, too, get sick. Religious monoliths are populated by people who share the human condition including, one might hope, deep compassion for and appreciation of difference. With that in mind, the upcoming 40th anniversary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s infamous letter, On the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons, presents a golden opportunity to correct errors and embrace human diversity.