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Pope Francis officially approved priests blessing same-sex couples. <\/p>\n

The pope explained in his reasoning, people seeking God\u2019s love and mercy shouldn\u2019t be subject to \u201can exhaustive moral analysis\u201d to receive it.
\nThe AP<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n

Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God\u2019s love and mercy shouldn\u2019t be subject to \u201can exhaustive moral analysis\u201d to receive it.<\/p>\n

The document from the Vatican\u2019s doctrine office, released Monday, elaborates on a letter Francis sent to two conservative cardinals that was published in October. In that preliminary response, Francis suggested such blessings could be offered under some circumstances if they didn\u2019t confuse the ritual with the sacrament of marriage.<\/p>\n

The new document repeats that rationale and elaborates on it, reaffirming that marriage is a lifelong sacrament between a man and a woman. And it stresses that blessings should not be conferred at the same time as a civil union, using set rituals or even with the clothing and gestures that belong in a wedding.<\/p>\n

Francis endorsed civil unions for gays three years ago.<\/p>\n\n

The post Pope Francis Officially Approves Priests Blessing Same Sex Couples<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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