On same-sex marriage:The new pope has called gay marraige “a scheme to destroy God’s plan” and “a real and dire anthropological throwback.” In 2010, he was a vocal opponent of the Argentinian government’s proposed legislation to legalize same-sex marriage.
On homosexuality:Bergoglio is reportedly “unwaveringly orthodox” on such moral issues.
On abortion:He has rallied his clergy against the “culture of death” that is the pro-abortion movement.
On contraceptives:The new pope strongly opposed Argentinian PresidentCristina Fernández de Kirchner‘s efforts todistribute free contraceptives, likely seeing it as part of the aforementioned “culture of death.”
