Pope Leo XIV has declined to take a position in the growing controversy over a decision by the Archdiocese of Chicago to present a lifetime achievement award to a pro-abortion US senator.
Speaking to journalists outside the papal villa at Castel Gandolfo, where the pontiff has been spending Tuesdays before returning to the Vatican, His Holiness said he was aware of the matter but admitted he was “not terribly familiar with the particular case” involving Senator Richard Durbin.
Instead, the Pope offered a broad defence of what is known as the “seamless garment” approach to Catholic moral teaching, stressing that the Church’s pro-life witness must extend beyond the abortion debate.
