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Vatican Says Priests Can’t Bless Same-Sex Unions

March 15, 2021 by Staff Reporter

ROME — The Vatican said on Monday that priests could not bless same-sex unions, calling any such blessing “not licit.”

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican’s doctrinal watchdog, issued the judgment in response to questions raised by some pastors and parishes that sought to be more welcoming and inclusive of gay couples.

In an explicatory note signed by the prefect of the Congregation, Cardinal Luis F. Ladaria, the congregation said that Pope Francis had “given his consent to the decision.”

The ruling said that the church should be welcoming toward gay people, but not their unions. Catholic teaching holds that marriage between a man and woman is part of God’s plan, and since gay unions are not intended to be part of that plan, they cannot be blessed by the church.

should have legal protection, but only in the civil sphere, and he has continued to oppose gay marriage.

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Filed Under: WORLD Tagged With: Family, Francis, Homosexuality and Bisexuality, Roman Catholic Church, Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships, Vatican City

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