Newly elected Pope Leo XIV previously criticized Hollywood and Western mass media for promoting anti-Christian values, including support for abortion, euthanasia, and LGBTQ lifestyles.
In 2012, then-Father Robert Prevost voiced concerns about the cultural influence of anti-Christian media in an address to the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization.
“Western mass media is extraordinarily effective in fostering within the general public enormous sympathy for beliefs and practices that are at odds with the Gospel. For example, abortion, homosexual lifestyle, euthanasia,” he said.
He went on to argue that religion is often only tolerated when it refrains from challenging prevailing social norms.
WATCH: Pope Leo blasts Hollywood movies and shows for normalizing Anti-Christian behaviors like abortion, euthanasia, LGBTQ agenda. Nov 2012 pic.twitter.com/C2AhK8m78m
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