Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday. How does his stance on LGBTQ+ issues compare to his predecessor's?. Pope Leo XIV laid out his stance on gay marriage and abortion in his inaugural address to the Vatican diplomatic corps. In the Friday address, he affirmed the church's definition of family as.
Here’s what we know so far about the new Pope’s stances on key issues: The Catholic Church has been firm on its stance that homosexuality is a sin and that same-sex couples cannot be married. Robert Francis Prevost has been selected as the new pope, making him the first American to lead the Catholic Church. While his election represents a new era for the papacy in some ways, his sparse public comments on LGBTQ+ rights reveal a less promising future for queer Catholics.
While he honored Francis, there are some questions about his support of LGBTQ+ rights.
Francis made several pro-LGBTQ+ reforms during his papacy. But the new pope has made some anti-LGBTQ+. The bishops will "consider concrete solutions," Francis said, "to the many difficult and significant challenges facing families in our time. He has charted his own course in style, words and philosophy and enjoys favorability among 90 percent of Catholics, 74 percent white mainline Protestants, 68 percent of unaffiliated and 60 percent of white Evangelicals.
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Lucy Middleton Updated: May 13, Newsweek is committed to journalism that's factual and fair. Donate Today. Go Deeper. To learn more, please read our Privacy Policy. Let's think also of genetic manipulation, of the manipulation of life, or of the gender theory, that does not recognize the order of creation. Brown, the American founder of the National Organization for Marriage, has suppored the referendum.
As bishop in Chiclayo, Peru, Leo reportedly opposed a government plan to teach about gender in schools, telling local media at the time: "The promotion of gender ideology is confusing, because it seeks to create genders that don't exist. Newsweek AI is in beta. Copy Link. Shop Now. Comment on your rating. Francis' successor, Leo XIV, may be seen to have a less progressive view on the subject, new pope notably expressed in a address to does the.
Speed: 0. What is Francis' legacy on trans rights? And doing so would be a like caricature of human history that hs provided space for the Biblical Ethiopian Eunuch and other gender variant people throughout the centuries. You can get in touch with Peter by emailing p. When asked about homosexuality, Francis famously said: "If someone is gay and he gays for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge? His focus is domestic U.
InLeo said a "homosexual lifestyle" was at "odds with the gospel" during a video address to other bishops. Philippines struggles to green schools amid climate risks. Why did we wait to release it? It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope. They shouldn't be marginalized. In Lebanon, most are.
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