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Pope Leo XIV He confirmed the traditional Catholic doctrine regarding the marriage, stating that it was based on a “stable union between a man and a woman.”
The Pope, who was elected to head the Catholic Church on May 8, expressed his first main remarks to the Pontiff during a private audience with the Vatican diplomatic corps on Friday, where he also emphasized the dignity of the flesh and vulnerable, including unburable, elderly and immigrants.
“This is the responsibility of state leaders for the work on the construction of harmonious and peaceful civic societies,” the Pope said. “It can be achieved primarily by investing a family based on a stable union between a man and a woman.”
While Pope Francis He also said that the Church could not accept the same -sex marriage, the Conservatives accused the deceased Pontiff of sowing among believers, being more hospitable than his predecessors LGBTK and approving the blessing of people in same -sex relationship.
Pope Leo XIV talks to members of the diplomatic corps on a number of topics including family (Vatican media)
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Pope Leo, the first American who led the Catholic Church and a member of the Augustine Order, confirmed the Church’s position against abortion, called for the defense of religious freedom and said he would continue to carry out inter -religious dialogue.
“Nobody is exempted from the desire to provide respect for each person’s dignity, especially the most fragile and vulnerable, from unborn to the elderly, from sick to unemployed, citizens and immigrants,” Leo said.
The collection with the Vatican diplomatic hull is a standard protocol after the election of a new pope and allows him to welcome representatives about representatives World governments Ahead of his official mounting mass on Sunday. Vice President J. D. Vens, Secretary of State Mark Rubio and President of Ukrainian Volodimir Zelensky, as well as many other world leaders, will attend the Mass, the Vatican said.
Emphasizing the dignity for immigrants, Pope Leo noted that his own family immigrated to the US. His statements can lead to friction with President Donald Trump, seeking to deport millions of illegal immigrants from US Trump and Pope Francis, also publicly faced immigration.
Pope Leo XIV meets with a diplomatic corps before its introductory Mass. (Vatican media)
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“My own story is a citizen, a descendant of immigrants who, in turn, decided to emigrate,” said Pope Leo ambassadors to the Vatican.
“All of us, in the course of our lives, can be healthy or sick, busy or unemployed, living in our native land or in a foreign country, but our dignity always remains unchanged. It is a dignity of a being desired and beloved by God,” he added.
Pope Leo’s father was French and Italian, while his mother was Spanish.
Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Andrew Medicin/AP)
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Pope Leo urged visitors to keep in mind three significant words – “peace”, “justice” and “truth” – and said that they presented the pillars of the missionary activity of the Church and the purpose of the Holy See diplomacy.
True, for example, he said, “does not create a division, but allows us to withstand all more resolute problems of our time, such as migration, ethical use of artificial intelligence and defense of our beloved Planet Earth.“
“These are problems that require commitment and cooperation on the part of all, because no one can think about them alone.
Reuters and Associated Press contributed to this report.
