Please List the URLs to official statements of your Bishop if he approves of blessing sodomitic and adulterous unions, in the comments, and they will be added here.
And if they do approve of such heresy and blasphemy, don’t forget to give them a call or writing a letter and remind them of the gravity of their sins, calling them to repent.
Bishop McManus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA:
The Public Relations office of the Catholic Bishops Conference in the USA, issued a deceptively approving statement:
Bishop Johan Bonny of Antwerp, Belgium:
Archbishop Listecki of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA:
Cardinal Cupich of Chicago, USA:
Bishop Walkowsiak of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
who says that such illicit blessings have been given for a long time already; he welcomes more!
Archbishop Lackner, President of the Bishops conference of Austria:
Bishop James Johnston with the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph
Archbishop Koch of Berlin, Germany
Archbishop Villegas of the Diocese of Lingaye Dagupan, Philippines
probably the worst bishop on the face of the Earth, for having published this defense of Fiducia supplicans, attempting to justify it by a dishonest citation from the Summa of Saint Thomas Aquinas:
Archbishop Gyamfi President of the Bishops Conference of Ghana, Africa
shows he was not competent to be ordained a priest, because he affirms that Priests should always give blessings without asking the reason for the request, which is gross sacramental negligence and malfeasant cowardice!
And following the lead of FromRome.Info, The Pillar posted excerpts from many bishops round the world. It appears that only Khazakstan is standing with Christ and the Apostles, and that the rest of Bishops have been seduced by the document, if not willingly, unwillingly. — As we have seen the Great Apostasy phase 1 with the endorsement of the DeathVaxx and Scamdemic, now we see phase 2 with the embrace of Sodom.
Gradualsm smoke screen.
Bishop Johan Bonny, the champion among the Flemish bishops, all enthusiastically in favor !
Vatican opens possibility of blessing gay couples [analysis]
PUBLISHED ON MONDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2023 – 16:55
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According to ‘Fiducia supplicans,’ gay couples or civilly remarried divorced couples can be blessed without giving the impression of marriage
Homosexual couples can now be blessed in the Catholic Church. The Vatican Dicastery for the Faith published today, Monday, Dec. 18, a statement allowing clergy to bless unmarried, civilly married and homosexual couples. The text titled Fiducia supplicans (“Asking for trust”) does stress that confusion with a marriage must be excluded. Nor should a blessing be pronounced during a Eucharistic celebration. The document bears the signature of Cardinal Victor Fernandez, head of religious doctrine, and was expressly approved by Pope Francis.
What does the document say?
The statement focuses on the meaning and status of blessings. The concept of blessing is expanded. In the text, Fernandez emphasizes that the Church has broadened and enriched her understanding of what a blessing is in light of Pope Francis’ pastoral ideals. With this evolved understanding of blessing, it is possible to bless couples in irregular situations (especially civilly remarried divorced couples) and same-sex couples without officially affirming their status or in any way changing the Church’s consistent teaching on marriage.
The letter explicitly states that the Vatican declaration of Feb. 22, 2021, which fundamentally excludes blessings for same-sex couples, will be reviewed.
The document strongly urges that such blessings not be formalized, but left to discernment in each situation. In a blessing prayer, a pastor could list everything that is good in and for a relationship, and prayerfully submit it to God. The blessing prayer could take place in a small group or during a pilgrimage or also during a private meeting with a priest, the document states.
Does the official teaching of the Church change now?
No. Even this statement sticks to the Church’s traditional teaching on marriage, and does not allow any form of liturgical rite or blessing similar to a marriage rite. However, the value of this document is that it makes a specific and innovative contribution to the pastoral meaning of blessings, allowing for a broadening and enrichment of the classical understanding of blessings. According to current Catholic teaching, it is not a sin to have homosexual feelings. However, intimate acts between people of the same sex are, in the words of the Catechism, “intrinsically disordered. The expression of sexuality is reserved for marriage, which can only be between a man and a woman.
However, the Church does not want to exclude and assist people in other relationships with prayer.
However, receiving a blessing outside a church service does not require the same moral requirements as receiving a sacrament. Anyone who asks for a blessing “shows that he needs the saving presence of God.
What is the background to this sweeping pastoral change of direction?
On Sept. 20, 2022, the Flemish bishops were the first to publish a statement entitled Being Pastorally Close to Homosexual Persons: For a welcoming Church that excludes no one, in which they held blessing of homosexual couples to be possible, and this despite a Vatican document from 2021, which considered this impossible.
Johan Bonny, bishop of Antwerp, said the directive was in line with Pope Francis’ thinking. Almost at the same time, the participants of the German Synodal Way spoke out overwhelmingly in favor of blessing celebrations. It also appeared that in several German dioceses such blessings, often in a liturgical context, have been taking place for years. Last summer, the bishops of Essen and Berlin openly announced that they allow the celebrations. In the Italian archdiocese of Bologna, the first public celebration of a blessing of a homosexual couple took place last year. But not everywhere was this development appreciated. Five cardinals asked Pope Francis for an explanation in a so-called Dubia. In his comments, published in early October, he referred to the Church’s “very clear understanding” of marriage.
“In dealing with people, however, pastoral charity must not be lost.”
Thus, the pope did not rule out a pastoral practice.
https://www.kerknet.be/kerknet-redactie/artikel/vaticaan-opent-mogelijkheid-van-zegening-homokoppels-analyse?microsite=203
Kansas City Kansas Bishop https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/kc-diocese-responds-after-pope-oks-blessings-for-same-sex-couples-with-caveat/ar-AA1lHHsz