After Cardinal Robert Prevost became the first American ever to be elected Pope on Tuesday and took the name Leo XIV, MSNBC’s Katy Tur picked and chose what aspects of his beliefs to amplify and which ones to downplay or ignore. Naturally, for MSNBC, she highlighted his “rebuking” of conservatives and Republicans, but not of liberals and Democrats.
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A few minutes later, Tur raised the subject of sexuality with the former head of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the U.S., Father Timothy Kesicki, “Yeah, I'm curious about, you know, Pope Francis was open to gay marriage, and there are a lot of gay and lesbian Catholics who felt like this was a real step in the right direction for them, renewed their faith in the Church, felt like they were a part of it, and there was worry, a lot of consternation about who might be chosen next and whether it would be somebody much more conservative who would take that away from them.”
Fact-check: Francis was not open to gay marriage. Nevertheless, Tur rolled on, “Where do you see Pope Leo XIV falling on this? I know he chose the name, it’s social justice, but do you expect that he's going to follow in the footsteps of Francis when it comes to LGBTQ issues?”
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