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Cardinal Francis Arinze. / Padre Mimmo Spatuzzi via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).Denver Newsroom, Sep 26, 2022 / 16:00 pm (CNA).The Belgian bishops introduction of blessing ceremonies for same-sex couples has drawn rebuke from Cardinal Francis Arinze, the former head of the Vatican s liturgy office. The cardinal said Belgium s bishops have taken an erroneous and pastorally flawed approach."Human beings have no power to change the order established by God the Creator," Arinze said in a Sept. 24 message included in the email newsletter of Vatican journalist Robert Moynihan."Even if the aim is to be pastorally helpful to homosexual couples, this is an error on the part of the bishops," Arinze said.The Nigerian-born cardinal, now 89 years old, served as the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship from 2002 to 2008. Even in retirement, the cardinal has responded to the Belgian Catholic bishops open defiance of the Vatican and Catholic teaching.On Sept. 20 Belgi
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