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Pope Leo speaks to Crux’s Elise Ann Allen about LGBTQ+ issues and the liturgy

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People wait for the Angelus by Pope Leo XIV on July 27 in St. Peter’s Square. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo speaks to Crux’s Elise Ann Allen about LGBTQ+ issues and the liturgy

Sep 18
Crux Staff

Pope Leo XIV explained that love is “not the result of chance, but of a conscious choice” during his General Audience on Aug. 6, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo speaks to Crux’s Elise Ann Allen about polarization in the world

Sep 18
Crux Staff

Pope Leo XIV at the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican for the General Audience on Aug. 20, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo speaks to Crux’s Elise Ann Allen about Gaza, China, and the U.S.

Sep 18
Crux Staff

Pope Leo XIV blesses members of the St. Andrew School of Evangelization on August 29, 2025 (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo tells Crux’s Elise Ann Allen about the Curia and Vatican finances

Sep 18
Crux Staff

In Crux interview, Pope stresses welcome of LGBTQ Catholics, won’t change teaching

Sep 18
Elise Ann Allen

Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza along the coastal road to the south, after Israel expanded its operation in Gaza, Sept. 16, 2025. (Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP.)

Pope Leo prays for the people of Gaza during General Audience

Sep 17
Charles Collins

In this image made from video, Police and Military Police secure parts of a damaged object shot down by Polish authorities at a site in Wohyn, Poland, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Credit: Rafal Niedzielski/AP.)

Pope Leo says NATO ‘has not started’ conflict with Russia

Sep 17
Charles Collins

Charlie Kirk hands out hats before speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Credit: Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP.)

Vatican confirms Pope Leo has prayed for Charlie Kirk and his family

Sep 16
Charles Collins

Diane Foley, the mother of James Foley, who was kidnapped and beheaded by Islamic militants in 2014 while reporting on the conflict in Syria, speaks as Pope Leo XIV presides over a vigil prayer for the consolation of those who suffer, at The Vatican, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope praises forgiveness as mother of slain US journalist James Foley speaks of healing at Vatican

Sep 16
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV presides over a commemoration of the martyrs and witnesses of the faith of the 21st Century with representatives of other churches in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome on Sept. 14, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope honors 21st century martyrs: Christians killed by Islamic militants, mafias, Amazon ranchers

Sep 15
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

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Pope Leo speaks to Crux’s Elise Ann Allen about LGBTQ+ issues and the liturgy

Sep 18
Crux Staff

Pope Leo speaks to Crux’s Elise Ann Allen about polarization in the world

Sep 18
Crux Staff

Pope Leo speaks to Crux’s Elise Ann Allen about Gaza, China, and the U.S.

Sep 18
Crux Staff

Pope Leo tells Crux’s Elise Ann Allen about the Curia and Vatican finances

Sep 18
Crux Staff