[BunnySlippers]

The Pope does not withhold blessings even though the person may be a sinner.

Standard Papal stuff as long as I can remember from two decades in Catholic school.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I do think it's pretty much an automatic process nowadays that if you write a children's book, put out a music CD, make tie-dyed T-shirts, carve cute little olivewood figurines or whatever and send one to the Pope, you get back a papal blessing. Until fairly recently i wasn't a thing that had to be closely vetted.

However this has to stop.

It's seriously wrong, and sends a highly corrupting message. Blessings aren't tchotchkes or souvenirs and this lady and her book definitely didn't need to be "haloed" with a papal blessing.

[Trailerpark Badass]

The Pope didn’t even sign the letter; a staffer did. It highly unlikely the books were even read. People here are acting like retards.

[NetAddicted]

Even homosexuals?
It’ll be interesting to see what Catholic sites say about this blessing.