Some bishops rebel against the blessing of gay couples approved by Pope Francis

The historic inauguration of the Pope Francis to the blessing of same-sex couples or those in an “irregular” situation for the Catholic church It was well received by many episcopal conferences around the world, but the more conservative wing describes it as “blasphemy” and other bishops, such as African bishops, show their rejection.

O Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith published this week the statement entitled ‘Fiducia Suppliers‘ to bring order to the controversial issue of the blessing of couples ‘irregular‘, including those of the same sex.

The mayor of the old Holy officethe Argentine cardinal Victor Manuel Fernándezargued in the text that, in light of the pope’s teaching and position Francisco, “the possibility of blessing undocumented couples and same-sex couples can be understood without officially validating their status or altering in any way the Church’s perennial teaching on marriage.”

An earthquake that shook the most conservative wing of the Church Catholic or the more traditionalist, like that of the African continent, where in many countries it is still a crime to be homosexual.

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Cardinal Müller: “It’s blasphemy”

The last to express his total dissatisfaction was the cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Muller, who was mayor of Doctrine of Faithnoted that the blessing of homosexual couples “It’s blasphemy”, in an interview published today in the Italian newspaper ‘The Republic‘

“I say this not based on my official or personal authority, but based on the authority of the divine revelation. In the Holy Scriptures, the Apostle Paul states that immoral behavior, including sexual intercourse between people of the same sex, is objectively the expression of adoration of the creature and not the The creator”, explains the cardinal.

And he adds: “If sexual relations were outside marriage contradicts God’s willthen they cannot be blessed, that is, declared good according to the will of the The creator”.

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The satisfaction of some bishops, the rejection of African episcopal conferences

The possibility of providing a “simple blessing” to homosexual couples was welcomed with great satisfaction by the German bishops, who described it as “Christmas gift” and also by the Swiss, French, English, Belgians, South Africans, Canadians and Mexicans, among others, while the Spanish bishops did not comment at the moment.

For example, a statement from the Episcopal Conference of Mexico clarifies that ‘Fiducia Suppliers“takes into account the rich pastoral tradition of the Church, of “grant informal blessings, not liturgically ritualized” and so “O Church He gives it as a gesture of closeness and accompaniment to help them mature and grow in fidelity to the message of the Gospel”.

However, the bishops of ZambiaAfrican country where homosexuality is prohibited by law, published a note in which they stated that the decision of the Vatican should not “to apply” It is “should be subject to additional reflection”such as the Malawi Bishops’ Conference, which completely banned blessings for same-sex couples.

Although the Kenyan bishops have written that the Vatican’s decision is generating “anxiety and confusion” between the faithful and the president of the Episcopal Conference of Ghana, Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi he claimed: “What people don’t understand is that if a gay couple goes to the priest to be blessed and the pope approves, what you are blessing is just the people and not the union.”

The Catholic bishops of Ukrainein turn, wrote that “without a call to abandon the sinful lives of homosexual couples, the blessing may seem like an approval” and the archbishop Athanasius Schneider in Kazakhstanalways among the leaders of the traditionalist opposition to Franciscoprohibited his priests from granting this blessing, which can only be granted to a “a sincerely repentant sinner with the firm intention not to sin again and to put an end to his or her own public sinful situation”reported ‘La República’.

Source: Elcomercio

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