Posts Tagged ‘Dubium’

Same-sex blessings and the CDF – how to recognise a tantrum

Monday, March 29th, 2021
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Imagine that someone deliberately locks themselves into a small room. They then let it be known that they can’t discuss something with you … because they are locked in a small room. And their justification takes the form: “Can’t because we say we can’t because we said we can’t”. This act of communication is called Read more

Why did Pope Francis remove doubt about same sex blessings

Monday, March 22nd, 2021
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Pope Francis, who made headlines in the first months of his papacy by responding, “Who am I to judge?” when asked about gay priests, has now signed off on a Vatican decree that priests cannot bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin.” The decree, issued by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Read more