[Catholic Caucus] Four more German dioceses reject blessings for same-sex couples

Catholic Culture ^ | August 6, 2025 | Katholisch

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[Catholic Caucus] Four more German dioceses reject blessings for same-sex couples

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CWN Editor's Note: Four more Catholic dioceses in Germany—Augsburg, Eichstätt, Passau, and Regensburg, have joined the Archdiocese of Cologne in rejecting a text with the support of the episcopal conference to be used in blessings for couples, under the terms of Fiducia Supplicans.

The dioceses that have declined to use the text argue that it goes beyond the Vatican document in permitting blessings of same-sex couples.

The text was prepared by the German Bishops’ Conference and the Central Committee of German Catholics, and has been adopted for use by many German dioceses.

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The dioceses that have declined to use the text argue that it goes beyond the Vatican document in permitting blessings of same-sex couples.

Bergoglio gave the homobishops an inch and they've taken it a mile.

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Ping

[Bayard]

I thought it was unformalized blessings... Of course it was a camel’s nose in the tent! That’s how these people work.

[NorthMountain]

Vatican document in permitting blessings of same-sex couples.

How in Heaven's Name do you bless a couple of fags? "May the both of you repent of your unnatural, evil ways and return to Christ"?

[Petrosius]

Good start. Now publicly condemned what the other dioceses are doing.

[irishjuggler]

Bergoglio’s big lie was, “We give blessing to everyone. What’s the big deal?” The truth is, no, you don’t. The abortion clinic asks for blessing; do they get one? The prison ask for a blessing for the gas chamber; do they get one? You don’t bless that of which you disapprove. So if you’re blessing two sodomy buddies, it’s pretty obvious that you don’t disapprove of what they’re up to