The Supreme Pontiff referred to criticism of the Vatican document that supports blessing homosexuals and divorced people. His response was forceful.
He Pope Francisco responded to those who criticize the Vatican document that supports blessing homosexual people and described it as a “hypocrisy” given that “no one is shocked“if the one who receives the blessing is”a businessman who perhaps exploits people“.
He Supreme Pontiff expressed that “Nobody is shocked if I give my blessing to a businessman who perhaps exploits people“when that is”a very serious sin“And he launched a strong criticism as he maintained that “meanwhile, they would be scandalized if I gave it to a homosexual. This is hypocrisy“, critical.
What does the document that Pope Francis refers to say?
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The document referred to Francisco is the one who published the Vatican in December called Fiducia Supplians. In it, the blessing is endorsed for people called “irregular” from the canonical point of view, such as homosexual or divorced.
However, after its publication it received a lot of criticism from the conservative sectors, although the Dad already explained that it is “bless people and not unions“. In that sense, in dialogue with the Catholic magazine Credere, the Dad He expressed that “the heart of the document is the reception of these people in the Church.”
What Pope Francis said about blessings
At the end of January, Francisco received the members of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faiththe entity that published the “Fiducia Supplicans” statement.
In that meeting, he assured that “the pastoral and spontaneous blessings seek to concretely show the closeness of the Lord and the Church to all those who, finding themselves in different situationsthey ask for help to continue, sometimes to begin, a journey of faith.
Then, before the entity headed by the Argentine cardinal Victor Manuel “Tucho” Fernándezthe pontiff added: “I would like to emphasize that these blessings, outside of any liturgical context and form, do not require moral perfection to be received“.
Source: Ambito
