A new declaration from the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith appears to attempt to square the controversial issue of approving blessings for same-sex couples without undermining the Church's traditional teaching on the sanctity of marriage.
The Declaration Fiducia supplicans issued by the Dicastery on 18 December, approved by Pope Francis, means “it will be possible to bless same-sex couples but without any type of ritualization or offering the impression of a marriage", reports Vatican News. It emphasises that the "doctrine regarding marriage does not change, and the blessing does not signify approval of the union".
