While the rest of the liberal media were trying to convince the American public that Pope Leo XIV was one of theirs, the purported Catholics of ABC’s The View were fearful that he would abide by church doctrine. They were upset by the idea that he would continue the church’s understanding that marriage was between a man and woman, while an anti-Catholic voice tried to smear him with accusations she admitted were unsupported.
Despite proclaiming herself to be “a devout Catholic,” co-host Sunny Hostin hoped that Pope Leo “doesn’t roll back the progress” Pope Francis supposedly made for “the LGBTQ+ community.
“Look, I always think it’s exciting, to watch the Conclave and look for the black smoke and the white smoke and just the ceremony of it. And, you know, during these very trying times in our country, we certainly need spiritual leadership,…
