Rome Seeks ‘Dialogue’ as Bishops Act on Gay Blessings
by Jules Gomes, Church Militant:
Pope Francis remains silent on heretical resolutions as errant priests escape sanctions.
As Pope Francis remains silent on the potential schism rocking the Catholic Church, German bishops have begun to implement the resolutions on blessings for same-sex unions and women preachers passed by the Synodal Way.
“I can encourage all couples in our diocese who cannot or do not want to get married in a church, but still want their relationship to be blessed by the church, to contact us,” Bishop Franz-Josef Bode, deputy chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference, announced on Tuesday.
In a statement on the Osnabrück diocesan website, Bode, a member of the presidium of the Synodal Way, confirmed that some parishes in his diocese had already begun to offer “corresponding blessing ceremonies.”
“Queer couples or couples who have remarried and divorced could contact the local pastoral workers, but otherwise also contact the diocese directly,” Bode noted.
The “practical” and “concrete consequences” of the Synodal Way’s resolutions would now also enable laymen and laywomen to administer baptisms and to preach the homily during Holy Mass, the bishop declared.
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