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The negative answer was given in a two-page explanatory document published in seven languages. The document was published with the message and consent of Pope Francis.
According to the explanatory note, homosexuals are welcomed and blessed by the Church, but their marriages are not blessed.
The Vatican believes that homosexuals should be treated with dignity and respect, but homosexual acts are “disorderly in nature.” According to Christian teaching, marriage between a man and a woman is part of a divine plan and is designed to create a new life.
According to the document, unions between people of the same sex are not part of the divine plan and therefore the Church cannot be blessed.
“The existence of positive elements, in themselves appreciable and welcome, in such a relationship cannot justify this relationship and make it a legitimate subject of ecclesial blessing, since these positive elements are inseparable from the context of a union not determined by the Creator. plan, “said the explanatory document.
God “does not and cannot bless sin: he blesses sinful man to recognize that it is part of his plan of love and to allow him to be replaced,” he added.
Francis advocated that same-sex couples receive the same legal protection as heterosexual couples, but in the civil sphere but not in the Church.
This position was expressed by the pontiff in an interview with the Mexican station Televisa in May 2019, but his comments on it were cut by the Vatican. Excerpts from the interviews can be heard in the documentary “Francis,” which appeared last year.
