by John-Henry Westen, LifeSite
In this first extended interview he’s just done with Crux Now, Leo XIV has basically said that the Church’s teaching on sexual morality could change.
In this first extended interview he’s just done with Crux Now, Leo XIV has basically said that the Church’s teaching on sexual morality could change. He actually even went there and implied that he could – in his words – “change the Church’s teaching” on women’s ordination.
Take a listen to what he said first on sexual morality. This is what he says after having been talking about LGBT issues for a while:
People want the Church doctrine to change, want attitudes to change. I think we have to change attitudes before we ever change doctrine.
That’s right, he’s strongly implying – well, he’s saying – that Church teaching could shift, if attitudes change first.
Might that be why we’ve had so much LGBT stuff in Rome lately, from Fr. James Martin to the LGBT pilgrimage? Are they trying to get our “attitudes to change”?
And what do you think the so-called “LGBT Catholics” are hearing when they hear Leo saying such a thing? It’s a very clear invitation and instruction: work to change attitudes, then we can change the teaching. Wow.
And rather than stating such changes were impossible, Leo said he thought it was unlikely that it would happen soon:
I find it highly unlikely, certainly in the immediate future, that the Church’s doctrine in terms of what the Church teaches about sexuality, what the Church teaches about marriage [will change].
Later, instead of stating that the Church’s teaching could not change, he merely said that he thought that it would remain the same: