(ZENIT News / Rome, 21.05.2024).- Pope Francis has made very clear the point about so-called “homosexual blessings.” He did so, very clearly and precisely, during an interview for the “60 Minutes” program of the American CBS network.
Norah O’Donnell asked the Holy Father: “Last year you decided to permit Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples. It’s a big change. Why? The “permission” to which O’Donnell alludes is the Declaration Fiducia Supplicans, a document of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
To that question, the Pontiff responded clearly and immediately:
“No, what I permitted was not to bless the union. That can’t be done because that’s not the Sacrament. I can’t. So the Lord did. But each person can be blessed. The blessing is for ALL — for all. To bless a union of a homosexual type goes against the law, the Natural Law, the law of the Church. But to bless each person, why not? The blessing is for all. Some were scandalized by that. Why? For all. All!”
Since December, various ecclesiastics have given blessings to same-sex persons: it was the case of Jesuit James Martin, involved in LGBT+ activism, just a few hours after the document was published, or, more recently, in Uruguay, the United States and Spain. In social networks and interviews others have mentioned erroneously that Fiducia Supplicans permits it. With this new clarification, not only does the Holy Father summarize the Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, but with simpler words he says that blessings cannot be done and the reason why.
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