Pope Leo XIV said on Monday that he no longer wants to field questions about sex, telling reporters on a flight back to Rome from Africa that the Catholic Church under his leadership should stop 'revolving around sexual matters' and focus instead on justice and equality.
Donald Trump, in which the former US president branded Pope Leo XIV 'weak on crime' during a recent campaign stop. That political flashpoint has now been followed by a different kind of clash, this time inside the Church itself, over how much energy Rome spends policing what happens in people's bedrooms. The pontiff chose his final press conference at the end of his African tour to draw that line, and to do so in unusually plain terms.
