Defying Vatican, Flemish bishops allow blessing same-sex unions

September 20, 2022

Flemish Roman Catholic bishops on Tuesday issued a document effectively allowing the blessing of same-sex unions, seemingly in direct defiance of a ruling against such practices by the Vatican’s doctrinal office last year.

A document published on the website of the Belgian bishops conference offered a suggested ritual that included a prayer and a benediction for stable same-sex unions while stressing that it is not “a Church marriage.”

REUTERS