The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis held a private meeting with Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis during the pope’s historic six-day visit to the United States. Kim Davis was briefly jailed in September for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize marriage equality nationwide. In response to the news, Marianne Duddy-Burke of LGBT Catholic group DignityUSA told The Huffington Post, “I fear that this meeting and claims that the pope told Ms. Davis to 'stand strong' will embolden the many U.S. bishops and others who continue to try to turn back support for LGBT people.”