In a reaffirmation of the Catholic Church's 2,000-year-old teaching on marriage and on the intrinsic disorder of homosexual acts, the Vatican released a statement on Sunday explaining that the Church does not have the power to bless same-sex unions because it cannot "bless sin."
03/15/2021 at 11:53 AM Posted by Kevin Edward White
Answering the question “does the Church have the power to give the blessing to unions of persons of the same sex?,” the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith responded, “negative.”
By Hannah Brockhaus, National Catholic Register, March 15, 2021
VATICAN CITY The Vatican’s doctrinal office on Monday clarified that the Catholic Church does not have the power to give liturgical blessings of homosexual unions.
Answering the question “does the Church have the power to give the blessing to unions of persons of the same sex?,” the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith responded, “negative.”
The Vatican has issued a statement in which it declares that “the church does not have, and cannot have, the power to give the blessing to unions of persons of the same sex.” It said Pope Francis “was informed and gave his assent” to its publication.