Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God’s love and mercy shouldn’t be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive it.

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    11 months ago

    And who wants to predict the flood of catholics saying the pope isn’t catholic because of this statement?

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      11 months ago

      They already did that when he told people to be nice to trans people. He didn’t tell them to embrace them into their lives, just treat them nice and they lost their shit about it.

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          11 months ago

          If Jesus had access to pantaloons or blue jeans he would have rocked them.

          No store bought wine though. He was a foot guy.

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        11 months ago

        To be fair, he said be nice. Modern christianity demands brutal suppression of anyone you don’t like.