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Catholicism Is at an LGBTQ+ Crossroads. Which Way Will Pope Leo Go?

By Emma Cieslik
Pope Leo XIV walks and shakes hands at the end of a special audience with thousands of journalists and media workers in the Paul VI Hall in Vatican City. The audience with journalists has become a tradition for newly elected popes. Credit: IPA/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect.
May 28, 2025
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Over a grainy international phone call, I could hear people singing at St. Peter’s Square as I spoke with BBC journalist Mark Lowen about Pope Francis. It was April 21, and I, along with two other queer 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.

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Pope Leo XIV walks and shakes hands at the end of a special audience with thousands of journalists and media workers in the Paul VI Hall in Vatican City. The audience with journalists has become a tradition for newly elected popes. Credit: IPA/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect.