Radical Pro-Abortion Group “Catholics for Choice” Blasts New Pope Leo XIV
A radical pro-abortion group that calls itself Catholic is blasting the election of new Pope Leo XIC and saying it helps the words of pro-abortion churchgoers will somehow persuade him to abandon the longstanding pro-life views of the Catholic Church.
As LifeNews has reported, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago-born prelate, was elected as the 267th pope on Thursday, becoming the first American to ascend to the papacy.
The announcement came as white smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that the 133 cardinal electors had reached a two-thirds majority in the conclave to succeed Pope Francis, who died on April 21.
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Like Pope Francis, during his time in ministry within the Catholic Church, the new Pope Leo XIV condemned abortion and urged compassion and support for both unborn children as well as the elderly and disabled.
“The Church must walk with all people, especially the most vulnerable, ensuring their dignity is upheld from the womb to the end of life, as this is the heart of Christ’s mission,” he said in 2023.
But the abortion advocacy group Catholics for Choice, which has been repeatedly condemned by pro-life Catholic leaders at heretical, is not happy with the new Pope and upset hat the view of pro-abortion leftist Catholics are not represented by Catholic Cardinals.
“Catholics for Choice represents people who are understandably concerned by the church’s regressive views on gender and sexuality. Women, people who have had abortions or used contraception, and LGBTQIA+ people are underrepresented where church decisions are made — including in the conclave,” it said.
“We know Pope Leo disagrees with 9 in 10 U.S. Catholics on abortion,” it claimed, falsely alleging that 90% of Catholics support abortion.
“We are praying that he will be a pope guided by a commitment to peace, justice, and inclusion,” it said, as if killing babies somehow promotes any of those.
The group hopes that it can convince Pope Leo to abandon his Church’s pro-life doctrines.
“Catholics for Choice’s work is more important than ever. That’s why we collected stories from the faithful Pope Leo now serves, who disagree with church teaching. We will be sending them to Pope Leo in the hope he will open his heart to listen. The future of our church depends on greater inclusion and nuance on reproductive health decisions like abortion, contraception, and IVF.”
That’s never going to happen and the pro-abortion group will be disappointed again.
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