Might as well post this here too:

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5393705/pope-leo-stance-issues-lgtbq-climate-women-politics

Like his predecessor, Leo opposes the idea of ordaining female deacons. That’s in keeping with thousands of years of Catholic understanding, as he told journalists at a 2023 conference."

While Francis was known for his efforts to make the church more open to members of the LGBTQ+ community — famously asking, “Who am I to judge?” — Leo may not follow in his footsteps.

In a 2012 address, Leo expressed concern that Western culture promotes “enormous sympathy for beliefs and practices that are at odds with the Gospel,” specifically referencing abortion, the “homosexual lifestyle” and “alternative families comprised of same-sex partners and their adopted children.”

https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/new-pope-warns-against-spread-of-de-facto-atheism-a7fc66ce

https://archive.is/20250509193754/https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/new-pope-warns-against-spread-of-de-facto-atheism-a7fc66ce

Considers atheists deplorables. Doesn’t really know what we are at all. Ignorant.

https://www.newsweek.com/survivors-clergy-abuse-group-pope-leo-zero-tolerance-2069855

Those allegations, according to Pearson, were primarily about Pope Leo XIV’s dealings with Father James Ray, a priest accused of abusing minors. Nearly a decade later, Ray’s ministry had been allowed to move to the Augustinians’ St. John Stone Friary in Chicago, despite the building being near a Catholic elementary school, the Chicago-Sun Times reported in 2021. Records obtained by the paper show that church officials approved the transfer, noting there was “no school in the immediate area.”

Another defender of child fuckers.