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VATIN BARS GAY UNN BLSG, SAYS GOD ‘N’T BLS S’
”The Vatin’s orthodoxy office, the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah, issued a formal rponse to a qutn about whether Catholic clergy have the thory to bls gay unns. ”The note distguished between the church’s welg and blsg of gay people, which upheld, but not their unns. The note immediately pleased nservativ, disheartened advot for LGBT Catholics and threw a wrench the bate wh the German church, which has been at the foreont of openg discsn on hot-button issu such the church’s teachg on homosexualy.
VATIN EXCLUS GAY UNN BLSG AS GOD 'N'T BLS S'
Francis DeBernardo, executive director of New Ways Mistry, which advot for greater acceptance of gays the church, predicted the Vatin posn would be ignored, cludg by some Catholic clergy.
The Vatin holds that gay people mt be treated wh digny and rpect, but that gay sex is “trsilly disorred. Sce gay unns aren’t tend to be part of that plan, they n’t be blsed by the church, the document said. Francis has endorsed providg gay upl wh legal protectns same-sex unns, but that was reference to the civil sphere, not wh the church.
At the time, Argente lawmakers were nsirg approvg gay marriage, which the Catholic Church oppos. Then-Cardal Je Mar Bergogl stead supported providg legal protectns for gays stable unns through a so-lled “law of civil habatn.