On the flight back from Africa, Leo addressed Iran, migration, the death penalty, and LBGTQ issues. He said he carries a photo with him of a Lebanese boy who was killed in the conflict.
Thank you. Blessings from Australia. Pope told it like it is will relevant countries. Listen Heck will the radical far right Catholics listen. As we know some still in 2026 want to live Vatican 1 days. And resent Vatican 2.
I believe the Pope has not talked much about the issues of contraception, same-sex marriages, and abortion because the church has clearly stated for centuries about these issues. The Church will never acknowledge the validity of same-sex 'marriages' nor will she ever say abortion/contraception is right. In regards to modern warfare, healthcare, and migration Pope Leo recognizes the needed discernment and guidance for catholics to authentically practice what the teaches on these matters. I appreciate him avoiding the topics of sexuality because those matters have been clearly defined by the church, and other matters require pastoral guidance by our pontiff.
What a blessing Pope Leo is for the church writ large. Condemning others for being gay and wanting to formalize their relationship, or for having an abortion in such a harsh and unsupportive country as ours--all that is easy. Asking people to take the Gospels seriously, and act on them, is hard.
"To promote a new attitude and a culture of peace" Amen, Holy Father, God bless you! You're in my prayers every day. On your first Apostolic Journey you visited 4 countries in Africa, this is truly remarkable and very encouraging for the whole Universal Church, Congratulations! I followed you every day, on the internet. I really admire your energy and enthusiasm you showed to the African people and the whole world, not to mention the logistics it takes, to pull off such en undertaking! One more thing, on the theme of sexual morality, I was honestly very pleased to find out that we are on the same wavelength. There are much more important things, as you have mentioned at the In-flight press conference, justice, equalities, freedom of men and women and of course freedom of religion. BRAVO! Blessings from Montreal/Canada.
As a non-Christian and a mostly agnostic, mild adherent of my birth religion, I just feel like Pope Leo is as close to saintly as anyone living can get in terms of his disposition, his message, his actions, his interactions with others, etc. I wish him all success during his pontificate to help the least among us globally and I promise to do my part.
Thank you for this Newsletter, Chris . If we were, attacked by, Iran. If they started attacking other nations, then I could see a war happening. As I have gotten older, the fact of big amounts of uranium is false, I am not unambiguous to that fact as it has been reported. I pray for those soldiers who are, serving in the gulf not eating proper food. That perhaps makes them ill. I pray for everyone on this platform that are truly fighting to bring honesty to substack. I pray for Pope Leo and his ambassador to help end this war. I pray for the Catholic community and everyone who is suffering from the consequences. I pray for our allies to help end this conflict.
Thank you. Blessings from Australia. Pope told it like it is will relevant countries. Listen Heck will the radical far right Catholics listen. As we know some still in 2026 want to live Vatican 1 days. And resent Vatican 2.
I believe the Pope has not talked much about the issues of contraception, same-sex marriages, and abortion because the church has clearly stated for centuries about these issues. The Church will never acknowledge the validity of same-sex 'marriages' nor will she ever say abortion/contraception is right. In regards to modern warfare, healthcare, and migration Pope Leo recognizes the needed discernment and guidance for catholics to authentically practice what the teaches on these matters. I appreciate him avoiding the topics of sexuality because those matters have been clearly defined by the church, and other matters require pastoral guidance by our pontiff.
What a blessing Pope Leo is for the church writ large. Condemning others for being gay and wanting to formalize their relationship, or for having an abortion in such a harsh and unsupportive country as ours--all that is easy. Asking people to take the Gospels seriously, and act on them, is hard.
"To promote a new attitude and a culture of peace" Amen, Holy Father, God bless you! You're in my prayers every day. On your first Apostolic Journey you visited 4 countries in Africa, this is truly remarkable and very encouraging for the whole Universal Church, Congratulations! I followed you every day, on the internet. I really admire your energy and enthusiasm you showed to the African people and the whole world, not to mention the logistics it takes, to pull off such en undertaking! One more thing, on the theme of sexual morality, I was honestly very pleased to find out that we are on the same wavelength. There are much more important things, as you have mentioned at the In-flight press conference, justice, equalities, freedom of men and women and of course freedom of religion. BRAVO! Blessings from Montreal/Canada.
How I love this Pope! Tired of the “bedroom” culture wars and more concerned with issues of social justice…
As a non-Christian and a mostly agnostic, mild adherent of my birth religion, I just feel like Pope Leo is as close to saintly as anyone living can get in terms of his disposition, his message, his actions, his interactions with others, etc. I wish him all success during his pontificate to help the least among us globally and I promise to do my part.
Thank you for this Newsletter, Chris . If we were, attacked by, Iran. If they started attacking other nations, then I could see a war happening. As I have gotten older, the fact of big amounts of uranium is false, I am not unambiguous to that fact as it has been reported. I pray for those soldiers who are, serving in the gulf not eating proper food. That perhaps makes them ill. I pray for everyone on this platform that are truly fighting to bring honesty to substack. I pray for Pope Leo and his ambassador to help end this war. I pray for the Catholic community and everyone who is suffering from the consequences. I pray for our allies to help end this conflict.