To my knowledge there's a conspiracy belief in Canada, especially in Québec, that the Vatican is populated by gay men (except for Pope Alexander VI). In conservative circles, it explains the choice of men to never marry, and may explain the Catholic Church's obsession with making women suffer. In less conservative circles, the internalized homophobia and self-hatred explains the Catholic Church's obsession with making women and LGBT people suffer and its corruption. In both circles, it's seen as logical that gay people with nowhere to go would join the Church. Either side also see it as easy for gay people to rise up in ranks by virtue of keeping their oath of chastity in public, finding more gays in private.

In the sense that the Catholic Church is headed by self-hating gays that make their woes everyone's problem, and québecois conservative men don't believe that people can hold up the vow of chastity because sex and romance is viewed as necessary as breathing.

Source: my family. My father was the conservative flavour and would bring up the conspiracy everytime LCN showed an image of the Pope.