This wouldn't be such a big deal if not for the seemingly endless stream of condemning reports and tongue-in-cheek jokes about homosexuality within the Vatican's walls. Take the virtual tour - it's really quite an enchanting space. There's also Bruno, 'a hairy, overweight pastor of souls … free to the music of his clergyman, remaining in a thong, because he wants to expose body and soul' that promotes the club's Bear Nights.
On the Europa Multiclub side is fun palace 'create by males for males only.' Italy's hottest gay sauna has everything: a king turkish bath, a Finnish sauna, a waterfall whirlpool and 'surprises,' to name a few amenities listed on its website. It was also Benedict XVI's former right hand, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, that picked the spot in 2008. On the Vatican's side are 18 apartments, most of which are occupied by priests, and the home of Cardinal Ivan Dias, the head of the Congregation for Evangelisation of Peoples. The Holy See purchased a $30 million stake in the apartment block that houses the Europa Multiclub. We're not talking about sharing a stray wall or anything like that, either. With the papal conclave only hours away, the College of Cardinals must not have been pleased late Tuesday when reports circulated that the Vatican shared a block with Italy's top gay sauna. This article is from the archive of our partner.
