Overview

• Pope Leo XIV told biographer Elise Ann Allen that Church teaching on sexuality and marriage is highly unlikely to change in the near future.
• He emphasized inviting people as sons and daughters of God, signaling welcome to LGBTQ Catholics while upholding current doctrine.
• On women deacons, he said he has no intention to change teaching at this time, though he remains willing to listen.
• He called clerical abuse a real crisis but said it will not be the main focus of his papacy, stressing due process for accused priests.
• He backed the traditional family as father, mother, and children, criticized efforts to ritualize same-sex blessings beyond Fiducia Supplicans, and recently met privately with Jesuit James Martin, who praised his approach.