100 German Catholic Churches to Issue Same-Sex Blessings, Defying Vatican On 5/10/21 at 10:00 AM EDT German Catholic churches are defying the Vatican by offering blessings for same-sex marriages in about 100 different churches across the country this week. This move goes against a document released in March by the Vatican's orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, that said Catholic clergy cannot bless same-sex unions because God "cannot bless sin." The blessings for same-sex couples at worship services will begin May 16 in Berlin and will be led by the Reverend Jan Korditschke, a Jesuit who helps out at the St. Canisius congregation.