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Pope Calls Africa a 'Special Case' on Same-Sex Blessings

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Pope Calls Africa a 'Special Case' on Same-Sex Blessings
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JAN 2024
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story last updated JAN 2024

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Establishment-critical narrative

At best, the Fiducia Supplicans and its blessings for same-sex couples promote cultural colonialism, forcing other societies to validate harmful, progressive western values, despite the Vatican long advising Catholics not to subscribe to such ideologies. In religious terms, this declaration directly contradicts the Gospel of Christ.

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Pro-establishment narrative

As Pope Francis adopts a non-judgmental, inclusive attitude, many bishops and ordinary Catholics have joined in an ongoing commotion after misunderstanding and misrepresenting the move to allow LGBTQ+ couples to be blessed. While the Vatican could indeed have communicated this change better, this document simply states that blessings don't require prior moral perfection.

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