While Pope Leo’s recent four-nation Africa tour garnered headlines for the pontiff’s firm denunciations of despotism and war, and unprecedented attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump , a less publicised moment may prove to be of longer-lasting importance for the Church's 1.4 billion members. The pope said the Catholic Church should prioritise questions of inequality and justice over those of sexual ethics. When asked about how the Church considers same-sex marriage on Thursday, Leo said: “The unity or division of the Church should not revolve around sexual matters”. "I believe there are much greater and more important issues, such as justice, equality... that would all take priority before that particular issue," he said. Marianne Duddy-Burke, executive director of Dignity USA, a group that supports LGBTQ Catholics, called the pope's remarks "a very significant and overdue reorientation of priorities".…