Posted on 07/10/2026 1:58:11 PM PDT by ebb tide
An avowed homosexual Jesuit priest who is known for his pro-LGBTQ activism within the Catholic Church praised Pope Leo XIV for continuing Pope Francis’ “welcoming overtures and advances” to homosexuals, lesbians, transgender and non-binary people.
Fr. Bryan Massingale, a theology professor at Jesuit-run Fordham University in New York City who is proudly openly gay, said in a recent video interview that he is relieved that Pope Leo will continue Pope Francis’ LGBTQ trajectory.
“There was a fear after Pope Francis died that a future pope would come in and undo the welcoming overtures and advances that had taken place under Pope Francis’ papacy,” Massingale said in an interview with Spectrum News NY1.
“And one of the first things Pope Leo did was he said, ‘No, I have no intention of going backwards when it comes to the LGBTQ community,” the Jesuit added.
In an August 6, 2020, article that appeared in U.S. Catholic, Massingale asserted that for Catholic parishes to have “credibility as the church of Jesus Christ” they must offer “extravagant welcome” to “LGBTQ Catholics.”
During an interview within the 2021 film “Wonderfully Made” — created by Jewish filmmaker Yuval David, a homosexual “married” to a Catholic man, Mark McDermott — Massingale described his “dream of a church where two men and two women can stand before the Church, proclaim their love and have it blessed in a sacrament of marriage,” contravening the clear teaching of the Church on the nature of sexuality and, indeed, marriage.
A priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Massingale has written frequently for U.S. Catholic magazine as well as for the well-known dissident publication National Catholic Reporter. His work has been praised by infamous pro-LGBT Father James Martin, S.J.
The Catholic Church condemns homosexual acts
“Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that ‘homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.’ They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved,” the Catechism of the Catholic Church states.
The Catechism is equally clear on what constitutes a family, stating, “A man and a woman united in marriage, together with their children, form a family. This institution is prior to any recognition by public authority, which has an obligation to recognize it."
The term “domestic church” is merely another word for family, the Catechism adds.
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welcome in the sodomites, kick out the traditional catholics.
todays modern Catholic church
I left the Catholic Church many many years ago, I have kept my faith though..
“Going backward”?
My jesuit university had several homosexual jesuits.
They were not “out,” but their behavior, and many rumors and even testimonials from people close to them confirmed as much.
I came to dislike them They could have been out and gay in the big city in the 1990s and no one would have cared at all. Yet they chose the literal one profession that did not permit them to act on their sexual desires And to make it worse, chose to cover it with lies.
I found the hypocrisy of it all weak and disgusting, and of course, a slap in the face of the Church.
Let’s just rewrite or remove: Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Romans and Corinthians from the Bible.
It would make so many people feel better about themselves.
It would be a true act of inclusion and tolerance, showing how the Church is evolving with the times and is concerned for the feelings and self esteem of all people.
We all know, the most important thing in this world, is to make sure you don’t hurt anyone’s feelings.
Well, then hell awaits them both.
“Fr. Bryan Massingale, a theology professor at Jesuit-run Fordham University in New York City who is proudly openly gay, said in a recent video interview that he is relieved that Pope Leo will continue Pope Francis’ LGBTQ trajectory.” I wonder if padre ever asked himself if both of his parents were strictly homosexual would he exist?
Going out or coming out ?
Sodomy is addressed in detail in those books and readings.
AMEN That’s right the very occupation that covers it...disgusting
Sigh. I remember when the Pope was Catholic.
I spell “Sodomy” with a capital-S because it is the name of a religion.
From the same author:
Same-Sex Unions, Yes; Marriage, No
By Doug Mainwaring / Special to the Washington Post on Wed, Sep 26, 2012
. . .Full disclosure: I am gay. A few years ago, I was on the other side of the fence on this topic. But the more I read, thought, investigated and attempted to defend my position, the more I realized that I couldn’t. I feel very strongly that gay relationships should be supported by society. . .
That’s why they need rewritten or removed. (sarc)
What I find absolutely astonishing is that a “Pope” who should be the standard bearer, the enforcement mechanism for traditions and doctrine, goes along with this “junk.”
Embarrassing for Catholicism, but I suppose there are some that think this is some sign of progressiveness / social advancement.
(Homosexual Priest)
Leviticus 18:22
English Standard Version
22 You shall not lie with a MALE
as with a WOMAN;
it is AN ABOMINATION.
Leviticus 20:13
English Standard Version
13 If a MAN lies with a MALE
as with a WOMAN,
both of them have committed
AN ABOMINATION; they shall surely be
put to death; their blood is upon them.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2018%3A22%2CLeviticus%2020%3A13&version=ESV
Deuteronomy 22:5
New King James Version
5 “A WOMAN shall not wear anything
that pertains to a MAN,
nor shall a MAN put on a WOMAN’S garment,
for all who do so are
AN ABOMINATION to the Lord your God.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2022%3A5&version=NKJV
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