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Was it previously explicitly disallowed to bless gay couples but not drug addicts or cars? Or is this a case of the Pope clarifying something the priests weren'
by tomashubelbauer 3y ago
Was it previously explicitly disallowed to bless gay couples but not drug addicts or cars? Or is this a case of the Pope clarifying something the priests weren't sure would be okay but wasn't explicitly forbidden for them to do?
- gjsman-1000 3y ago> Was it previously explicitly disallowed to bless gay couples but not drug addicts or cars? The issue is the Catholic Church teaches that sexuality is only legitimate in a "lifelong partnership of the whole of life, of mutual and exclusive fidelity, established by mutual consent between one man and one woman, and ordered towards the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring." You can see why blessing a "gay" couple, even without intent to approve of their situation, would appear to contradict the teaching, or at a minimum cause confusion.
- akomtu 3y agoA priest may bless a sinner, to help him overcome his sins. Priests don't need to betray their faith to bless homosexual couples.