https://freerepublic.com/tag/blessingsins/ en-us Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:10:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4376798/posts [Catholic Caucus] Cdl. Marx’s same-sex ‘blessing’ guide made ‘in consultation with Rome,’ heterodox theologian claimsLay theologian Thomas Söding said he sees ‘no contradiction’ between Pope Leo XIV and Cdl. Marx, asserting the German blessing guidelines preserve a distinction from sacramental marriage.A German theologian and vice-president of a Catholic lay organization has claimed that Cardinal Reinhard Marx implementing same-sex “blessings” in Germany was done “in consultation with Rome.”Thomas Söding, the vice-president of the heterodox Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), was asked about Pope Leo XIV’s response to Marx implementing “blessings” for “couples of all gender identities” in an interview with... LifeSite News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4376798/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:10:08 GMT