Pope Francis, Kim Davis Meeting: Anti LGBT Rights Clerk Reveals Secret Encounter With Pontiff, What Did They Talk About?

Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk, spent 6 days in jail earlier this month after being found in contempt of court for refusing to issue marriage licenses citing a religious objection to gay marriage. Republican hopefuls Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee stood by Davis on the day of her release:

“Kim Davis should not be in jail. We are a country founded on Judeo-Christian values, founded by those fleeing religious oppression and seeking a land where we could worship God and live according to our faith, without being imprisoned for doing so,” Cruz said in a statement.

Critics say that Davis is breaking the law and violating her oath of office, but she has sworn to “faithfully execute” the laws as part of her elected office, which basically means she agreed not to intervene when her co-workers give a marriage license to homosexual couples but she is still sticking to her beliefs and won’t give one herself.

Davis’ lawyer, Mathew D. Stever, revealed his client had a 10-to-15-minute session with Pope Francis last week during his visit to the U.S. The meeting happened on Thursday at the Vatican Embassy in Washington, according to a statement on the Liberty Counsel website.

“I was crying. I had tears coming out of my eyes,” Davis said in an exclusive interview with ABC News. “I’m just a nobody, so it was really humbling to think he would want to meet or know me.”

Vatican officials did not confirm that the meeting happened until Wednesday afternoon when Reverend Federico Lombardi stated, “I don’t deny that the meeting took place but I have no comment to add.”

However, Father Benedettini from the Vatican Press office released a statement hours before saying, “The Holy See is aware of the reports of Kim Davis meeting with the Holy Father. The Vatican does not confirm the meeting, nor does it deny the meeting. There will be no further information given.”

“He told me before he left, he said, ‘stay strong.’ That was a great encouragement. Just knowing that the pope is on track with what we're doing, it kind of validates everything to have someone of that stature,” Davis told ABC News.