“The Vatican said Friday that Pope Francis did not specifically seek a meeting with Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, and that their encounter did not represent an endorsement of her views, according to reports. Davis, the Rowan County clerk who became a grassroots conservative hero after refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses was one of “several dozen” individuals invited by the Vatican ambassador to meet with Francis at the Holy See embassy in Washington last week, said spokesman Federico Lombardi.

““The Pope did not enter into the details of the situation of Mrs. Davis and his meeting with her should not be considered a form of support of her position in all of its particular and complex aspects,” Lombardi said in a statement. He added: “The only real audience granted by the Pope at the Nunciature was with one of his former students and family.”

A source who attended the meeting shared with Newslo that the reason why the Pope chose to meet with Davis had little to do with her anti-gay sentiments and actions, which happen to coincide with the Vatican’s official position on same-marriage. In fact, that couldn’t be farther from the truth. “The Pope performed an exorcism on Davis,” the source shockingly revealed.

“From the moment she stepped into the room, Francis appeared to be very weary of her,” he added. “He even refused to greet her, but rather immediately pulled out a Bible and golden cross, and started chanting in Latin. Davis was confused at first, but then fell into a deep trance and appeared to float. ‘Be gone, you fowl demon, and leave this woman be,’ he started shouting. I was in awe of what was happening, and besides Davis, was the only one confused. Then, she collapsed on the ground and woke up shortly after. Everyone came to her aid, stood her up and allowed her to sit down and come to her senses.”

“Only then did Francis greet her,” the source continued, “and apologized for what he had just done. He stated that it was necessary to lure her into the meeting because she had been possessed by a demon that made her do all of the things she did. He also said that the only reason she went to jail was because the demon made her do it. In the end, Davis was stunned and it took her a while to come around, but after she did, she was very grateful.”

The source also revealed that the Pope told Davis that the main reason why he reacted the way he did was because “going to jail for one’s faith is bad publicity for Christianity,” and more importantly, the Vatican.

“You have to understand, my child, that image is the most important feature of our religion. We are persecuted in these perilous times and we cannot afford incidents the likes of which you caused. I could have left you alone for a while, the demon wasn’t doing harm on your personal life. However, when it started hurting our church, I had to react,” the Pope reportedly told Davis.

Apparently, he also added: “Now that this ugly business is done, we can talk about real problems, like climate change.” “Davis just rolled her eyes I put on a sour smile,” the source concluded.