Pope Leo XIV: A Family Is ‘A Stable Union Between a Man and a Woman’, the Unborn and Elderly ‘Enjoy Dignity as God’s Creatures’

Is this the Catholic Church from more than a decade ago? Perhaps the Conclave elected a Catholic Pope this time.

This from thegatewaypundit.com.

Leo XIV’s first words: ‘Peace be with you all.’

Leo XIV defended the traditional family, unborn babies, and the elderly—and that is great news.

Since American Cardinal Robert Prevost—who most recently made his ecclesiastical career as Bishop of Chiclayo in Peru—was chosen to sit in St. Peter’s throne as Leo XIV, a question has reverberated across the world: ‘Is the new Pope woke?’

Seasoned conservative figures like Steve Bannon perceived the new Pope’s election as a liberal ‘coup’ to continue Pope Francis’ campaign to destroy the church—Bannon even equated it to the 2020 election steal.

Whatever the truth may be, it seems clear that today, the Pope scored one for the good guys.

Associated Press reported:

Pope Leo XIV affirmed Friday that the family is founded on the ‘stable union between a man and a woman,’ and that the unborn and elderly enjoy dignity as God’s creatures, articulating clear Catholic teaching on marriage and abortion at the start of his pontificate.

Leo, the first American pope, also called for reviving multilateral diplomacy and promoting dialogue between religions in the search for peace, in his first meeting with the Vatican diplomatic corps. The audience was private, but the Vatican released Leo’s prepared text and that of the dean of the diplomatic corps.

In the same speech, the pontiff rejected LGBT ideology, and denounced abortion and euthanasia—that is a great start.

The encounter is one of the protocol requirements after a conclave, allowing a new pope to greet representatives of world governments ahead of his formal installation Mass this Sunday. The Holy See is a sovereign state under international law, has diplomatic relations with over 180 countries and enjoys observer status at the United Nations.

Leo has made peace a priority of his pontificate, right from his very first words ‘Peace be with you all.’

In his remarks, he said:

[T]he search for peace was one of the pillars of the papacy. He insisted that peace isn’t just the absence of conflict but a ‘gift’ that requires work, from an end to the production of weapons to choosing words carefully. ‘For words too, not only weapons, can wound and even kill’.

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Pope Leo XIV offered to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine following the failure of a meeting between the two sides in Istanbul this week.

According to the Washington Examiner, the Pope said Friday:

The Holy See is always ready to help bring enemies together, face to face, to talk to one another so that peoples everywhere may once more find hope and recover the dignity they deserve, the dignity of peace.

Final thought: Perhaps the prayers of Conservatism were answered with Pope Leo XIV’s election.