The two hierarchs strongly criticize the papal document “Fiducia suplicans” and forbid the priests among them to bless homosexual couples.
Metropolitan of the Archdiocese of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Astana, Kazakhstan, Tomasz Peta, together with Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider, forbade their priests from giving any form of blessing to irregular or homosexual couples.
“We call on and forbid the priests and faithful of the Archdiocese of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Astana from accepting or giving any kind of blessing to couples in an irregular living situation and to couples of the same sex,” they wrote in a statement today published statement. .
“Such a blessing directly and seriously contradicts Divine Revelation and the unbroken, two-thousand-year-old doctrine and practice of the Catholic Church. Because of such blessings, the Catholic Church becomes, if not in theory, then in practice, a propagator. of a globalist and godless ‘gender ideology’,” she added.
The hierarchs point out that blessing couples of irregular status and same-sex couples constitutes a serious “abuse of God’s Most Holy Name,” because “This name is invoked in the case of an objectively sinful relationship as a result of adultery or homosexual activity .”
The hierarchs concluded their statement by calling on Pope Francis to revoke the permission granted “Fiducia suplicans” to priests.
Fiducia suplicans
The archbishops’ statement is a response to Pope Francis’ document ‘Fiducia suplicans’, which was published on Monday, December 18.
The document states that priests can give “spontaneous” blessings to “irregular” and homosexual couples in certain non-liturgical situations. He further claims that such a “blessing” in no way “officially confirms their status” or changes the Church’s doctrinal teaching on sexuality and marriage.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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