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Blessing of homosexual couples: "A few days before Christmas, this is a beautiful signal"

2023-12-18T20:30:15.319Z

Highlights: Blessing of homosexual couples: "A few days before Christmas, this is a beautiful signal". In a text published on Monday, December 18, approved by Francis, the Vatican authorizes the blessing of same-sex couples. This is a first step towards the significant adaptation of the Catholic Church to the times. The idea had been in Francis' head for a long time: in a letter sent in July to conservative cardinals, made public in early October, the pontiff already explained that people "of the same sex" who are in a relationship could be subject to "blessings"


In a text published on Monday, December 18, approved by Francis, the Vatican authorizes the blessing of same-sex couples. A first


This is a first step towards the significant adaptation of the Catholic Church to the times. In a ten-page text, the Vatican published on Monday, December 18, a "doctrinal declaration" approved by Pope Francis, authorizing the blessing of homosexual couples and, more broadly, "couples in an irregular situation" – the divorced and remarried.

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The idea had been in Francis' head for a long time: in a letter sent in July to conservative cardinals, made public in early October, the pontiff already explained that people "of the same sex" who are in a relationship could be subject to "blessings."

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