"I must confess that the issue remains in the background of my thoughts because, as we saw at the Synod, within the Church any theme related to the LGBTQ reality is highly polarising. For now, in coherence with what I have already tried to witness and live as Pope at this moment in history, I try not to fuel polarisation in the Church."
"What I mean to say is what [Pope] Francis stated very clearly with that: 'Todos, todos'. Everyone is invited in, but not as an expression or non-expression of a specific identity. I invite a person because he or she is a son or daughter of God. Everyone is welcome, and we can get to know and respect each other. People want Church doctrine to change and they want attitudes to change: I believe that we must first change attitudes, before even thinking about changing what the Church teaches on a particular issue."
Pope Leo XIV ruled out any immediate prospect of change in the Vatican's stance on LGBTQ+ rights and said the doctrine is unlikely to change in the near future. He described themes related to LGBTQ reality as highly polarising within the Church and said he seeks not to fuel polarisation. He invoked Pope Francis's 'Todos, todos' to stress that everyone is invited as a child of God, while noting that invitation is not an expression of a specific identity. He stated that attitudes must change before considering changes to Church teaching. Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández said same-sex blessings would continue but are not comparable to marriage.
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