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Monsignor Giuseppe Baturi, secretary general of the CEI, traveled to Jerusalem to meet with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa Photo: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Homosexuality•Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

On the controversy in the German episcopate regarding Leo XIV’s clear “no” to liturgical blessings for gay couples

The Pope’s remarks on same-sex blessings were characteristically nuanced but left little room for ritual experimentation. He acknowledged that all persons may receive God’s blessing but cautioned against the creation of liturgical formulas for couples, a practice he said runs contrary to the 2023 Vatican declaration «Fiducia Supplicans».