The Vatican’s doctrinal office head on Thursday appeared to provide an “out” for clerics not on board with its declaration last week that priests can bless individuals in “irregular” relationships, including same-sex couples, so long as the prayers do not mimic a marriage ritual. Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine […]
DOES our ageing and visibly ailing Pope realise what he has inflicted on the Roman Catholic Church by announcing his decision to permit the blessing by priests of same-sex marriages? Quite apart from its potential to trigger an exodus of Catholics to other denominations or to enclaves such as the Society of St Pius X, and […]
THE behaviour of the Church of England hierarchy in permitting same-sex blessings reminds me of a little story in the second book of Kings. Jehoash is made King of Israel and, feeling that the Temple is in disrepair, orders the priests to use the money from the Temple treasury to repair, adorn and beautify it. At […]
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