A couple things here,
stop slamming the church, no matter whos, They might not be right but that is not the point, you are being disrepectful and rude to millions of people. By the way, I am Cran Daran, neo-pagan and have been for decades, I still take off my shoes in a buddist temple and put on a head cover in a synagogue.
Second Read the article, the city of Rome is not the Vatican, and the roman law makers are elected officials, not the Pope.
Rome has a strange group of lawmakers, part communist (still), and a bunch of "intellectual" liberals, This is the same legislature that included a very popular porn star who used to "flash" the paparazzi.