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.
He’s from the US. I think it was obvious from the get go what his stances would be in some aspects considering the christofascist state of the country.
He probably contributed to how anti-science US got to this point.