An avowed homosexual Jesuit priest who is known for his pro-LGBTQ activism within the Catholic Church praised Pope Leo XIV for continuing Pope Francis’ “welcoming overtures and advances” to homosexuals, lesbians, transgender and non-binary people.
Fr. Bryan Massingale, a theology professor at Jesuit-run Fordham University in New York City who is proudly openly gay, said in a recent video interview that he is relieved that Pope Leo will continue Pope Francis’ LGBTQ trajectory.
“There was a fear after Pope Francis died that a future pope would come in and undo the welcoming overtures and advances that had taken place under Pope Francis’ papacy,” Massingale said in an interview with Spectrum News NY1.
“And one of the first things Pope Leo did was he said, ‘No, I have no intention of going backwards when it comes to the LGBTQ community,” the Jesuit added.
