This week Pope Leo, on a flight back from Equatorial Guinea, told reporters that “we tend to think that when the Church is talking about morality, that the only issue of morality is sexual. And in reality, I believe there are much greater, more important issues, such as justice, equality, freedom of men and women, freedom of religion, that would all take priority before that particular issue”.
These remarks were made in the context of rejecting the idea that homosexual couples should receive formalised blessings from the Church. The Pope pointed out, perhaps significantly, that general blessings at the end of Mass are intended for everyone.
