Pope Leo XIV affirms opposition to gay marriage as he states family is between 'a man and a woman'Link to Full ArticlePink News - Sophie Perry
May 19, 2025
The new head of the Catholic Church – the first American to hold the role – made the comments during his first meeting with the Vatican diplomatic corps on Friday (16 May), which represents 200 countries, ahead of his formal installation Mass that took place on Sunday (18 May).
He said the family is "founded upon the stable union between a man and a woman", highlighting that his views align with the Catholic Church's core teachings on gay marriage.
He also said: "No one is exempted from striving to ensure respect for the dignity of every person, especially the most frail and vulnerable, from the unborn to the elderly, from the sick to the unemployed, citizens and immigrants alike."
In 2012, then-head of the Augustinian order, he was critical of entertainment media that held "sympathy for beliefs and practices that are at odds with the gospel," including the "homosexual lifestyle" and "alternative families comprised of same-sex partners and their adopted children".
Whilst Pope Francis said being gay as a "human fact", "not a crime" and labelled the criminalisation of LGBTQ+ people as "wrong", he said he only supported blessings for individual LGBTQ+ people – but not their unions.---------------------------------
"He also said: "No one is exempted from striving to ensure respect for the dignity of
every person, especially the most frail and vulnerable, from the unborn to the elderly, from the sick to the unemployed, citizens and immigrants alike."
We seem to see this a lot from various organizations and government agencies. They say that everyone deserves respect and equal treatment... except you, and you, and you. Even the Veterans Administration claims, "Serving all who served." But that isn't true either.
