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Showing Original Post only (View all)Pope Francis says priests cannot bless same sex unions, dashing hopes of gay Catholics [View all]
Source: Washington Post
ROME In a decree approved by Pope Francis, the Vatican on Monday said that priests cannot bless same-sex unions, saying that such relationships are "not ordered to the Creator's plan."
The blessing of homosexual unions cannot be considered licit, the church said.
The explanatory note, issued by the Vaticans doctrinal watchdog, carries the weight of a universal ground rule for the Roman Catholic Church and it regards one of the most controversial inside an institution divided over its stance on sexuality.
Many gay Catholics had been hopeful that Francis would create more openness inside the church, not only by speaking more welcomingly about homosexuality, but by changing church law. In a documentary released last year, the pontiff had called for the creation of civil union laws so that same-sex couples are legally covered.
The blessing of homosexual unions cannot be considered licit, the church said.
The explanatory note, issued by the Vaticans doctrinal watchdog, carries the weight of a universal ground rule for the Roman Catholic Church and it regards one of the most controversial inside an institution divided over its stance on sexuality.
Many gay Catholics had been hopeful that Francis would create more openness inside the church, not only by speaking more welcomingly about homosexuality, but by changing church law. In a documentary released last year, the pontiff had called for the creation of civil union laws so that same-sex couples are legally covered.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/pope-same-sex-unions-licit/2021/03/15/8c51ee80-8581-11eb-be4a-24b89f616f2c_story.html
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Pope Francis says priests cannot bless same sex unions, dashing hopes of gay Catholics [View all]
brooklynite
Mar 2021
OP
But the CC can protect its pedophile priests for many decades and even now for some.
keithbvadu2
Mar 2021
#4