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’s love and mercy shouldn’t be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive it.

  • teft
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    447 months ago

    And who wants to predict the flood of catholics saying the pope isn’t catholic because of this statement?

    • The Barto
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      557 months ago

      They already did that when he told people to be nice to trans people. He didn’t tell them to embrace them into their lives, just treat them nice and they lost their shit about it.

    • @Wrench@lemmy.world
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      117 months ago

      “Not my pope” was a common slogan for American catholics when he recommended taking the scientists advice and masking up during lockdown.