Catholic Church’s Pope Francis, may have given fresh hopes to same-sex couples after he hinted that priests could now bless such unions.
The Pope, while responding to a group of cardinals that wanted him to clarify the issue, said any request for a blessing should be treated with “pastoral charity”.
According to a recent press release by the Vatican, the request was part of the requests sent to the Pope ahead of a global gathering to discuss the future of the church.
He said: “We cannot be judges who only deny, reject and exclude.”
He added that though the Church still feel same-sex relationships are “objectively sinful” and would not recognize same-sex marriage, it would review if same-sex marriages could be blessed in the Church, thereby ending a longstanding opposition to such unions.
He said: “When a blessing is requested, it is expressing a plea to God for help, a supplication to live better.
“Pastoral prudence must adequately discern whether there are forms of blessing, requested by one or more persons that do not convey a mistaken concept of marriage.
Canon law should not and cannot cover everything.
He said that the Church should always approach its relationships with people with “kindness, patience, understanding, tenderness and encouragement”.
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