“Catholic Church Can't Bless Same-sex Unions” - Vatican Says

 

The hopes of gays and same-sex rights activists have been dashed by the Roman Catholic church.
 
The Roman Catholic church has revealed why it cannot bless same-sex unions.
 
According to the Vatican, such blessings are “not licit” if carried out.
 
The Vatican’s doctrinal office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), issued the ruling earlier today in response to questions and moves in some parishes to impart such blessings as a sign of welcome to gay Catholics since the Church does not permit homosexual marriage.
 
Pope Francis approved the response, the CDF stated, adding that it changed into “now not meant to be a shape of unjust discrimination, but as an alternative a reminder of the truth of the liturgical rite”.
 
It stated such benefits have been not permissible even though they have been “influenced with the aid of a sincere desire to welcome and accompany gay humans” and assist them develop in the religion.
 
The CDF be aware said that for the reason that marriage between a man and a female become a sacrament and benefits are associated with the sacrament of marriage, they couldn't be extended to equal-sex couples.

“For this motive, it isn't licit to impart a blessing on relationships, or partnerships, even stable, that involve sexual interest outside of marriage (i.E., out of doors the indissoluble union of a person and a woman open in itself to the transmission of life), as is the case of the unions among people of the same sex,” it stated.