Heretical ‘Catholic’ site highlights Pope Leo’s ‘LGBTQ+ record’
The heterodox pro-LGBT group New Ways Ministry (NWM) has published a chronology of Pope Leo XIV’s “LGBTQ+ record,” including actions by which the pontiff has appeared to downplay Church teaching on homosexuality and gender. Early in his papacy, the timeline notes, Leo appointed Father Thomas Hennen as bishop of the Diocese of Baker, Oregon (NWM has misspelt Hennen’s name). The group highlights Hennen’s history of support for so-called “LGBTQ+ ministry,” including his part in drafting pastoral guidelines for “sexual and gender minorities” in the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa. NWM praised this act at the time as “strikingly positive,” describing it as “synodality in action.” These guidelines did not make any mention of the fact that persons with homosexual inclinations are called to live chastely. New Ways Ministry noted that, in December 2025, Leo continued “Pope Francis’ tradition of inviting [so-called] transgender participants to the Vatican’s annual meal for the poor” and that h...