The Vatican doctrinal office has said that priests and other Catholic ministers will not be allowed to bless same-sex marriages, Reuters reports.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), in a statement on Monday warned that it is not licit to bless same-sex marriage as marriages between men and women was a sacrament that cannot be extended to same sex couples.
“For this reason, it is not licit to impart a blessing on relationships, or partnerships, even stable, that involve sexual activity outside of marriage (i.e., outside the indissoluble union of a man and a woman open in itself to the transmission of life), as is the case of the unions between persons of the same sex,” it said.
“God does now not and can not bless sin: He blesses sinful man, so that he may additionally understand that he is part of his plan of love and allow himself to be changed by way of him,” the declaration delivered.
Approved by Pope Francis, the ruling of the doctrinal workplace was issued to address questions about whether Catholic clergy can bless identical-intercourse unions.
The Pope Francis in 2020 sparked controversies after he clamoured for the safety of civil rights of Homosexuals.
“Homosexual people have a right to be in a own family, they're children of God and feature a right to a circle of relatives. Nobody should be thrown out or made depressing over it. What we ought to create is a civil union law. That manner they are legally blanketed,” Pope Francis said.
The workplace stated that its response become now not to be a shape of unjust discrimination, however a reminder of the fact of the liturgical ceremony.
It delivered that such blessings will not be allowed despite being encouraged with the aid of honest choice to assist homosexual humans grow within the religion.
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