The Vatican said Monday that the Catholic Church would not bless same-sex unions.
GAYLES.TV.- El Vatican has published this Monday a clarifying note to remind that the Catholic Church he cannot impart his blessing to same-sex unions, after doubts have arisen on this matter in some ecclesiastical settings. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has clarified that the priests cannot in any way carry out this form of blessing since “God can bless the sinner, but He cannot bless sin".
«It is not lawful to impart a blessing to relationships, or even stable couples, that imply a sexual practice outside of marriage (that is, outside the indissoluble union of a man and a woman open, by itself, to the transmission of life) , as is the case of unions between people of the same sex«, Reads the text.
"It is answered negatively"
The ex Holy office, which protects Catholic doctrine, has acted in response to some movements and questions in ecclesiastical settings about whether it is possible to impart these blessings as a sign of welcome to gay Catholics, since the Church does not support same-sex marriages. "It is answered negatively”, They assure in a two-page document published in seven languages.
The answer is because in «some ecclesiastical environments are disseminating projects and proposals of blessings for unions of people of the same sex" and that "These projects are motivated by a sincere desire to welcome and support homosexual people, to whom paths of growth in faith are proposed.»But which cannot be converted into blessings, is indicated in the note.
El Pope Francisco has approved the text, which comes a few months after the uproar caused by a documentary by the Russian-born director Evgeny Afineevsky in which the Pontiff claimed that homosexuals "They are children of God, they have the right to a family. No one can be thrown out of the family or made life miserable for this".
Sources: CNN Spanish, La Vanguardia
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