Is pope leo against lgbtq
What’s the context?
Some LGBTQ+ Catholics are "disappointed" by the new pontiff's past comments on homosexuality
LONDON - The world was watching as Pope Leo XIV delivered his first mass on Sunday, days after becoming the first American elected pope.
Robert Francis Prevost has used his initial days as leader of the Catholic world to name for peace in Ukraine, a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of imprisoned journalists.
LGBTQ+ rights groups are now waiting to see if he will follow in the footsteps of the late Pope Francis, who met with trans women, urged the Catholic Church to search forgiveness from gay people and allowed priests to bless same-sex couples.
Leo has not discussed LGBTQ+ issues since his election, but previous comments he made about homosexuality have "disappointed" members of the Queer faithful.
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What is Francis' legacy on trans rights?
Francis, who died on April 21, was seen as more accepting of Diverse rights than previous popes, including his predecessor Benedict, who viewed gay marriage as a threat to the "future of humanity."
Soon after his election in 2013, Francis said queer people should not be dis
Over a grainy international device call, I could overhear people singing at St. Peter’s Square as I spoke with BBC writer Mark Lowen about Pope Francis. It was April 21, and I, along with two other gay Catholic advocates, Max Kuzma and Simon Fung, were reflecting on what Francis had meant for each of us and our hopes for the future of the Catholic Church.
As the world listened, I said openly and defiantly that queer and transgender children would endure to be born into Catholic families. It would be up to the next pope to handle and foster the seeds of inclusion that Francis planted.
I was nervous but determined. For many queer Catholics, inclusion and affirmation of who we are and the deconstruction of systems like conversion therapy is a matter of life and death. Simon, who is the host of the podcast Dear Alana, examines one such story: Alana Chen was a 24-year-old gay Catholic woman who died by suicide in 2019. Chen, like so many other queer Catholics, had suffered years of conversion therapy.
I did not know if the next pope would be equipped to address crises fancy this one. During Pope Francis’ papacy, a newly released document titled Dignitas Infinita denied
Pope Leo XIV, solidarity and the LGBTQ community
Ever since Pope Leo XIV’s election, I’ve been reflecting on an interaction I had in 2015 with Gustavo Gutiérrez, O.P., a founder of liberation theology, advocate for the poor and, like the fresh pope, a Peruvian citizen. Back then, I was a PhD student at Fordham University, where the Dominican priest had just given a public lecture and met with the theology department. My friend, a fellow student, volunteered to give Father Gutiérrez a go to JFK Airport for the last leg of his trip. We packed the car with graduate students, elated to spend age with one of our heroes.
As my friend drove, we peppered Father Gutiérrez with questions. What was it prefer defending his perform to the Vatican in the 1980s? What did he think of Pope Francis? Then one of us asked him about the future of liberation theology: “Who are the poor of the 21st century?”
I was stunned by his frank response: “The church needs to better comprehend the plight of LGBT people.”
At the time, Father Gutiérrez was in his mid-80s, but he was well-attuned to society’s rapidly modifying understanding of gender non-conforming folks and familiar with LGBTQ-affirming movements in
Pope Leo XIV affirms family is based on union between a man and a woman, unborn has inherent dignity
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV affirmed Friday that the family is founded on the “stable union between a man and a woman,” and that the unborn and elderly enjoy dignity as God’s creatures, articulating clear Catholic teaching on marriage and abortion at the start of his pontificate.
Leo, the first American pope, also called for reviving multilateral diplomacy and promoting dialogue between religions in the search for peace, in his first meeting with the Vatican diplomatic corps. The audience was private, but the Vatican released Leo’s prepared text and that of the dean of the diplomatic corps.
The encounter is one of the protocol requirements after a conclave, allowing a new pope to greet representatives of world governments ahead of his formal installation Mass this Sunday. The Divine See is a sovereign state under international commandment, has diplomatic relations with over 180 countries and enjoys observer status at the United Nations.
Leo, a member of the Augustinian religious order, has emphasized peace as a priority of his pontificate, from the first words he uttered on the loggia
Will Pope Leo XIV accept LGBTQ+ people as Francis did? Here's why advocates have hope.
Advocates for the LGBTQ+ people praised Pope Francis for his outreach and credited him with moving the Catholic Church away from condemnation and towards tolerance and embrace.
Now, the outlook is murkier as Pope Leo XIV succeeds Francis as leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, but advocates say they endure hopeful that he will echo the late pontiff's approach on LGBTQ+ issues, one that distinguished Francis from his more conservative predecessors.
“We’re going to seize a wait-and-see approach,” said Francis DeBernardo, executive director of New Ways Ministry, a national Catholic outreach group promoting LGBTQ acceptance and equity. “There’s a great possibility that he will hold a positive impact on LGBTQ ministry.”
The new pope hasn’t said much on the subject, and what little he has said has indicated a less open attitude. But advocates point out that those statements were made years ago.
According to the College of Cardinals Report, Leo, as Robert F. Prevost, expressed concerns in 2012 that Western culture promoted “sympathy for beliefs and practices that refute the gospel”