First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV

"Whereas Francis said, “Who am I to judge?” when asked about gay clerics, Cardinal Prevost has expressed less welcoming views to L.G.B.T.Q. people.

In a 2012 address to bishops, he lamented that Western news media and popular culture fostered “sympathy for beliefs and practices that are at odds with the gospel.” He cited the “homosexual lifestyle” and “alternative families comprised of same-sex partners and their adopted children.”"

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/world/americas/pope-candi...

> "Whereas Francis said, “Who am I to judge?” when asked about gay clerics,

He also called abortion doctors assassins and described genderideology as "the ugliest danger of our time" (or the 'greatest danger' according to some other sources). He wasn't really all that progressive.

Sources:

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-03/pope-francis...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/10/pope-francis-c...

Of course he was a pope. It's in line with his church's doctrine. But I wouldn't call him progressive by any means.

Idk killing 73 million people actually doesn't make you a hero in my book. 73 million souls, approximately a year.