How can Catholic priests bless same-sex unions?
1 year ago

How can Catholic priests bless same-sex unions?

Associated Press  

ROME — The Vatican document explicitly saying Catholic priests can bless same-sex unions lays out the conditions for what such blessings can, and cannot, involve. The document from the Vatican’s doctrine office explicitly says priests can offer blessings to same-sex couples provided the blessings themselves don’t in any way resemble a marriage. Nothing has changed about the Catholic Church’s firm opposition to gay marriage, or its teaching that homosexual acts are “intrinsically disordered.” Rather, this new document aims to allow any couple in an “irregular union” to seek and receive God’s love and mercy through a blessing. Rather, priests should be trained to “spontaneously” offer blessings outside the church’s set of approved blessings.

History of this topic

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11 months, 1 week ago
Africa’s Catholic hierarchy refuses same-sex blessings, says such unions are contrary to God’s will
11 months, 1 week ago
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11 months, 2 weeks ago
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11 months, 2 weeks ago
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1 year ago
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1 year ago
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1 year ago
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1 year ago
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1 year ago
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3 years, 3 months ago
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3 years, 9 months ago
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