Catholic Church 'Cannot Bless Sin,' Pope Says of Same-Sex Unions
document, released Monday with the blessing of Pope Francis, calls such unions a “choice” and says God “does not and cannot bless sin.”“It is not licit to impart a blessing on relationships, or partnerships, even stable, that involve sexual activity outside of marriage (ie, outside the indissoluble union of a man and a woman open in itself to the transmission of life), as is the case of the unions between persons of the same sex,” the announcement reads. “The presence in such relationships of positive elements, which are in themselves to be valued and appreciated, cannot justify these relationships and render them legitimate objects of an ecclesial blessing, since the positive elements exist within the context of a union not ordered to the.
