The deuce you say. Didn’t the zuccheto give the Guardian its first hint?
Now that the cardinals have elected the former Robert Cardinal Prevost as the new pontiff, the media has begun to dig into his track record. This comes in part because the now-Pope Leo XIV didn’t make any of their silly papabili scorecard coverage before and during the conclave, which has forced outlets like the Guardian to play catch-up. One day later, the paper has “unearthed” public comments about Leo XIV’s former teachings on Catholic family doctrine, which were (a) never buried in the first place, and (b) come right out of the Catechism.
That certainly explains their surprise:
After years of sympathetic and inclusive comments from Pope Francis, LGBTQ+ Catholics expressed concern on Thursday about hostile remarks made more than a decade ago by Father Robert Prevost, the new Pope Leo…