Cardinal: Same-sex couples welcome to request blessings at St. Peter’s Basilica
January 19, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, OFM Conv, Archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica and the Pope’s vicar general for Vatican City, said at a press conference that same-sex couples are welcome to request blessings in St. Peter’s Basilica—though no such blessings, to his knowledge, had been requested.
Such blessings, he said, “show the world the maternal face of the Church.”
“The underlying theme is the Church’s closeness to people in whatever situation they find themselves,” he added.
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Posted by: Randal Mandock -
Jan. 19, 2024 11:06 AM ET USA
Why do "spontaneous blessings" need a certificate of authenticity?
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Posted by: feedback -
Jan. 19, 2024 9:51 AM ET USA
Easier now for two-men "couples" to be blessed at St Peter's Basilica than for a man to marry a woman there. Mauro Gambetti was created cardinal on November 28, 2020, by pope by Francis.
