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Pope Leo's stance on key issues, from climate change to LGBTQ+ rights to U.S. politics
Pope Leo XIV is seen as a centrist who shares his predecessor's progressive views on certain social issues. Here's what we know so far.
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livenowfox.com
New pope shares thoughts on gay marriage, abortion | LiveNOW from FOX
Pope Francis strongly reaffirmed core Catholic teaching opposing abortion and euthanasia, saying they were evidence of today’s "throwaway culture." But he also made reaching out to LGBTQ+ Catholics a hallmark, insisting they are welcome in the church. He never changed church doctrine defining marriage as a union between man and woman and homosexual acts as "intrinsically disordered." RELATED: Pope Leo XIV posts first message on official papal social media accounts
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Pope Leo XIV says family is 'between a man and a woman' and asserts the dignity of the unborn | PBS News
Pope Francis strongly reaffirmed core Catholic teaching opposing abortion and euthanasia, saying they were evidence of today's "throwaway culture." But he also made reaching out to LGBTQ+ Catholics a hallmark, insisting they are welcome in the church. He never changed church doctrine defining marriage as a union between man and woman and homosexual acts as "intrinsically disordered."
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crisismagazine.com
Pope Leo XIV Rejects Homosexual Unions, Yet Liberalism Continues to Guide the Holy See - Crisis Magazine
True freedom is found in virtue, in acting according to our nature, and in following the will of God. However, that is not the liberal view of freedom. Freedom for the liberal consists in doing whatever I want. Advocating a blind pursuit of freedom when the modern world’s conception of freedom is a shameless, unbridled license is dangerous and misleading. The last, and perhaps today the least contested, of the liberal values on which Pope Leo affixes his attention, is freedom of religion.
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Is Pope Leo XIV liberal or conservative? Why these labels don't work for popes
But Francis was also critical of "gender ideology," affirmed Church teaching on abortion and maintained the Church's reservation of ordination to men only. While he angered self-identified conservatives, he often disappointed self-identified liberals. Instead of trying to impose political categories, it makes more sense to try to uncover the internal dynamics and motivations of a pope's teaching and ministry.
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Pope Leo believes Catholic teaching on sex. Why do liberals wish he didn't? | Opinion
For instance, in a 2012 speech, he spoke about the “enormous sympathy for beliefs and practices that are at odds with the Gospel” within Western culture, mentioning abortion, homosexuality and same-sex marriage and families. And when he served as a bishop in Peru, he told the local newspaper that “the idea of promoting gender ideology is confusing because it seeks to create genders that don’t exist” and that “God created man and woman, and the attempt to confuse ideas from nature will only harm families and people.” · As I’m sure Pope Leo is well aware, surveys in recent years have shown a move to the left among many Catholics on some of these key cultural issues, including abortion, contraception and marriage.
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