India, May 14 -- Robert Francis Prevost, the first American pope, who has taken the title Leo XIV, is leading more than a billion Catholics around the world. Soon after his ascent to the papacy, he came under the scrutiny of social media users due to his conservative remarks about the LGBTQ+ community made in 2012. Amid this, a recent video of the pope allegedly ignoring a pride flag has fueled the controversy.

"Newly elected Pope Leo XIV intentionally ignored an LGBTQ rainbow flag by looking the other way when he approached it," wrote an X user while sharing a video. Several others across X are sharing the same video.

The video captures the moment the pope traverses the crowds. He shakes hands with some of the people standing beyond th...