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CBS anchor Norah O’Donnell asked Pope Francis on Sunday about the blessings for same-sex unions he seemed to sanctify last year.
In his latest explanation, the Pope said the church can only bless individual homosexuals. In other words, there is now and never was a blessing for same-sex unions!
Norah O’Donnell posed a straightforward question the the Catholic leader.
“Last year, you decided to allow Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples,” O’Donnell That’s a big change. Why?”
“No, what I allowed was not to bless the union. That cannot be done because that is not the sacrament. I cannot. The Lord made it that way. But to bless each person, yes. The blessing is for everyone. To bless a homosexual-type union, however, goes against the Church’s law. But to bless each person, why not? The blessing is for all.”
Why the subject ever arose then, who knows?
There was a widespread belief at the time that Francis supported the blessings of same-sex unions. The statement prompted celebration among same-sex Catholics at what they perceived as progress in the church. Meanwhile, conservative Catholics attacked the Pope openly for his perceived support of same-sex unions.
Responses to questions about blessings and same-sex unions have been ambiguous in the months since.
Francis continually criticizes conservative bishops, recently, for example, calling conservatism a suicidal attitude.
But he also regularly reminds everyone that same-sex unions go against Church law.
Which is the bit in the Bible that says, “Thou shalt have thy cake and eat it too?”
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