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During the conversation with the media Archbishop Gil added that he is not going to participate in campaigns framed in terms of being ‘for or against’ the pon...

Archbishop José María Gil Tamayo presides over the Archdiocese of Granada, Spain. / Credit: Archdiocese of Granada ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 26, 2024 / 05:30 am (CNA). “I am not going to bless even one homosexual union,” said the archbishop of Gran...

In a meeting with journalists held on the feast day of St. Francis de Sales, Archbishop José María Gil stated that his intention is to “bless the person.”

Less than a month after issuing an instruction outlining the reasoning and method for giving blessings to same-sex couples and those in irregular unions, the Vatican has published a clarification amid a flurry of backlash and confusion.

On Monday, the Vatican’s doctrinal office has published a lengthy new note explaining the pastoral grounds for same-sex blessings and spelling out the details of how and where they are to be given.