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Apologists for Pope Francis, including Argentine archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, had rushed to the pontiff's defense, interpreting his words as approving "very close same-sex unions, which do not involve sexual intercourse, but a very intense and stable partnership."

Well I don't believe they can have "intercourse" due to lack of proper organs...

But with this being the standard, what is the point of the "union"? That's just being roommates with a close friend if there is nothing sexual about the relationship.

This makes ZERO sense.

“This was apparent to me when he [Francis] called me by phone to affirm me in my priesthood, nullifying an attempt that had been made to remove my clerical status because I’m an openly gay man,” Alison stated.

Pope Francis told Alison in the phone call: “I want you to walk with deep interior freedom, following the spirit of Jesus. And I give you the power of the keys. Do you understand? I give you the power of the keys.”

The ‘power of the keys’? Sacrilegious... in the least...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_of_the_Keys

The Power of the Keys is a responsibility given to St. Peter to usher in the Kingdom of God on the Day of Pentecost, and a responsibility given to the other apostles by Jesus, according to Matthew 16:19 and Matthew 18:18. It is understood as a responsibility to admit or exclude from church membership (excommunicate), to set church policy and teachings (dogma), to render binding interpretations of Sacred Scripture (ancient rabbis were known to make binding interpretations of the Mosaic law), and to bind and loose sins.[citation needed] The verb ‘to loose’ (or to free) is used this way in John 20:23, Revelation 1:5 and by the Early Church Fathers.[1]

In Christianity, “the keys are an office and power given by Christ to the Church for binding and loosing sins.”[2] It is a power that Roman Catholics believe to have been conferred first on St. Peter then afterwards on his successors in the office of the Roman Catholic Papacy. There is a description of the conferral of the Power of the Keys on St. Peter (originally named Simon) in Matthew 16:13:

13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” – Matthew 16:13–19