Lima, Sept 18, 2025 (AFP) - Pope Leo puts the brake on Church reforms

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2025-09-18

Pope Leo XIV sought to reassure Catholics in his first interview published Thursday that he would not change key doctrine on gay marriage and women deacons, after his predecessor's divisive papacy. The US-born pontiff, elected four months ago, struck a different tone to outspoken Pope Francis, whose attempts to open the Church for the modern era enraged traditionalists. In an interview with US journalist Elise Ann Allen for the book "Pope Leo XIV......

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