German Catholics to bless gay unions despite Vatican ban

[Michie]

Vicar Wolfgang Rothe, left, blesses the couple Christine Walter, center, and Almut Muenster, right, during a Catholic service with the blessing of same-sex couples in St Benedict's Church in Munich, Sunday, May 9, 2021. Germany’s Catholic progressives are openly defying a recent Holy See pronouncement that priests cannot bless same-sex unions by offering exactly such blessings at services in about 100 different churches all over the country. The blessings at open worship services are the latest pushback from German Catholics against a document released in March by the Vatican’s orthodoxy office, which said Catholic clergy cannot bless same-sex unions. (Credit: Felix Hoerhager/dpa via AP.)


BERLIN — Germany’s powerful Catholic progressives are openly defying a recent Holy See pronouncement that priests cannot bless same-sex unions by offering such blessings at services in about 100 different churches all over the country this week.

The blessings at open worship services are the latest pushback from German Catholics against a document released in March by the Vatican’s orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which said Catholic clergy cannot bless same-sex unions because God “cannot bless sin.”

The document pleased conservatives and disheartened advocates for LGBTQ Catholics around the globe. But the response has been particularly acute in Germany, where the German church has been at the forefront of opening discussion on hot-button issues such the church’s teaching on homosexuality as part of a formal process of debate and reform.

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https://cruxnow.com/church-in-europ...lics-to-bless-gay-unions-despite-vatican-ban/

 

[Lost4words]

Padre Pio, Saint, always obeyed the church.

Jesus, told St Faustina to always obey her Mother Suprior / the church.

 

[Arcangl86]

What happens if they don't stop? Serious question.

 

[Taodeching]

What happens if they don't stop? Serious question.

That is a good question. I would hope Pope Francis would do something but I fear he wion't

 

[Michie]

The German Church is schismatic as far as I’m concerned.

 

[Stabat Mater dolorosa]

The German Church is schismatic as far as I’m concerned.

No doubt.

 

[eastcoast_bsc]

Those counterfeit blessing have no power. That church meaning that edifice is a synagogue of Satan. The vicar Wolfgang Rothe is following satan.

lord have mercy, Christ have mercy.

 

[eastcoast_bsc]

If this continues and is allowed in Germany then it will spread to the US a wider schism will result.

 

[Gnarwhal]

Vicar Wolfgang Rothe, left, blesses the couple Christine Walter, center, and Almut Muenster, right, during a Catholic service with the blessing of same-sex couples in St Benedict's Church in Munich, Sunday, May 9, 2021. Germany’s Catholic progressives are openly defying a recent Holy See pronouncement that priests cannot bless same-sex unions by offering exactly such blessings at services in about 100 different churches all over the country. The blessings at open worship services are the latest pushback from German Catholics against a document released in March by the Vatican’s orthodoxy office, which said Catholic clergy cannot bless same-sex unions. (Credit: Felix Hoerhager/dpa via AP.)


BERLIN — Germany’s powerful Catholic progressives are openly defying a recent Holy See pronouncement that priests cannot bless same-sex unions by offering such blessings at services in about 100 different churches all over the country this week.

The blessings at open worship services are the latest pushback from German Catholics against a document released in March by the Vatican’s orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which said Catholic clergy cannot bless same-sex unions because God “cannot bless sin.”

The document pleased conservatives and disheartened advocates for LGBTQ Catholics around the globe. But the response has been particularly acute in Germany, where the German church has been at the forefront of opening discussion on hot-button issues such the church’s teaching on homosexuality as part of a formal process of debate and reform.

Continued below.
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-europ...lics-to-bless-gay-unions-despite-vatican-ban/

May God have mercy on Rothe's soul.

What happens if they don't stop? Serious question.

What should happen is the Vatican should formally declare the German Church in schism, and make it hurt as much as possible (which would ultimately still be less than other churches, I imagine, because German bishops are floated by that tax). What ends up actually happening is anybody's guess, since the Vatican has been relatively soft on them besides some stern warnings and some official reaffirmations of the Church's teaching on the subject.

Those counterfeit blessing have no power. That church meaning that edifice is a synagogue of Satan. The vicar Wolfgang Rothe is following satan.

lord have mercy, Christ have mercy.

It's almost the same thing in principle as the idea if the pope were to try to infallibly declare heresy: in that moment, he would simply cease to be pope. So by that same token, the moment the German Church tries bless something like sodomy, they cease to be a part of the Church.

If this continues and is allowed in Germany then it will spread to the US a wider schism will result.

Yep, it did the first time. No reason it wouldn't happen again.

 

[Stabat Mater dolorosa]

Pope Francis will do nothing about this. My guess is that the germans already knew it in beforehand.