The pontiff says any request for such a blessing should be treated with “pastoral charity”.

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He added, however, that the Church still considered same-sex relationships “objectively sinful”

DUDE you cannot bless a relationship you consider sinful.

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The Catholic Church has been running on doublethinking for almost 2000 years, why stop now?

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Good to see the Pope say this.

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Obv he can’t come out and say “just chill with the homophobic shit” but this is honestly a giant step. I’m really happy that he is the current pope, as he really pushes the church to update their social norms.

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