"And although he has expressed support for same-sex blessings, past denunciations of 'gender ideology' will generate unease among those won over by the warmth of Francis’s inclusive approach to LGBTQ+ people.

For progressive Catholics, how far and how fast Pope Leo is prepared to move on such matters – and on toughening up procedures for dealing with clerical sexual abuse – will be crucial."

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"For women in the church, [Leo's papacy] will hopefully mean a further rise in influence after the incremental gains of the last papacy. But amid ongoing divisions, there will be battles to come. As frustration mounts over the seemingly immovable veto on women’s ordination, Pope Leo is likely to find himself under pressure to speed up what he has described as the 'slow process' of expanding female roles."

~ The Guardian

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"His past statements and closeness to bishops from the Global South — who tend to be more conservative on these questions — suggest little innovation. But his support for the synodal process and for modest advances in women’s roles in the church under Francis might leave open some doors to change."

The problem: if you want to preach justice effectively to the world, you have to practice in your church itself.

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In E.J. Dionne's view, Pope Leo "promises to be an important voice for social justice, international solidarity — and bridge building.

However, as Dionne notes,

"It is hard to read where the new pope will lead on LGBTQ+ rights and the role of women in the church, important issues everywhere but particularly in the American church."

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/08/pope-leo-francis-catholic-church/

"And I think this is so important in a world that is, you know, we're on the verge of an AI dominated world that could very well further atomize us, further isolate us when we're already dealing with a pandemic of isolation and loneliness."

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"But I think we live in a world where an increasing number of people have an idea about the other, about the immigrant, about the poor worker, about the LGBTQ plus person, about the person with a different skin color or different country of origin versus a real experience of encounter with them."

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Then McCuller notes how, in his first public address after becoming pope, Leo spoke of the need to build bridges and encounter each other. For McCuller, this strongly echoes Pope Francis:

"One of the things that Pope Francis said that I just love, he said so many things that I love, but one of them, he said, he said, realities are greater than ideas. He says, we love people. We don't love ideas. Not to say that ideas don't matter."

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Her "faith was alive, was a faith that did justice, that did mercy, that did service. I have memories of her making tamales in her kitchen and tortillas de harina from scratch and bringing them to the St. Vincent de Paul soup kitchen to feed her hungrier neighbors or helping the poor members of our family or volunteering in the rectory."

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"The last pope named Leo, Leo XIII, issued the first social encyclical, Rerum novarum, in 1891. In it, he argued for the rights and duties of workers in the context of the Industrial Revolution, including the right to work, the right to a just wage, and the right to form unions.

Nobody expected the Church at that time to do that."

~ Ruben C. Mendoza

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https://www.ucanews.com/news/pope-leo-xiv-and-the-possible-direction-of-his-papacy/108919

Eric LeCompte, executive director of Jubilee USA Network, says that he expects Leo to “follow the path that Francis set to build a more inclusive and transparent Church."

"'The selection of the name of Leo XIV is a special acknowledgment of the need to support the poor and workers,' LeCompte added."

~ Angela Giuffrida, Harriet Sherwood, and Sam Jones

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/08/white-smoke-signals-election-of-new-roman-catholic-pope

"[Leo XIII] was very pro-working man. He was very pro-labor. He was a good Pope. So the fact that the new Pope took that name, I take as a very good sign."

~ Greg Olear

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https://gregolear.substack.com/p/ramble-on-welcome-pope-leo-xiv-video