Robert Prevost has been elected as pope following the death of Pope Francis last month – but he has previously expressed anti-LGBTQ+ views.by Will StroudeMay 08, 2025Prevost, who is the first American to hold the position of head of the Catholic Church, will be known as Pope Leo XIV.Chicago-born Prevost, who is the 267th pontiff and also a Peruvian citizen, was elected on Thursday (8 May) after a two-day papal conclave.Considered a centrist and reformer who was close to Pope Francis, Prevost, 69, was not considered a frontrunner to be elected as pontiff and does not have an extensive public record of speaking on LGBTQ+ issues.However, The New York Times reports that in 2012, Prevost 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.”
So in other words... it is too soon to really know but it doesn't look good.
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