To many observers, it may seem strange that the Vatican would choose to keep a secret of what has been called “the most significant meeting” of the Pope’s entire trip to the United States: his 15-minute encounter with Kentucky County Clerk, Kim Davis. Why would the Church wish to hide such a symbolically important gesture from the public eye until after the Pope had returned to Rome? The meeting occurred on Thursday, September 24, and the news wasn’t released until Tuesday evening, September 29. Why the lag? One answer could be that Vatican officials were embarrassed about the meeting and didn’t want to make it look like the Pope was weighing in on the contentious issue of gay marriage and supporting a figure who was standing up for her religious rights against the Supreme Court, which had ruled in June that same-sex marriage was now the law of the land. If that were the case, however, the Vatican wouldn’t have released the news at all, not even after the Pope returned to Rome. If they were clever enough to keep it secret for nearly a week, they could have made sure it never got out. Moreover, though the Pope’s meeting with Davis