A senior cardinal has said the Vatican must force the Belgian bishops to reverse their decision to permit liturgies for the church blessing of same-sex couples.
Cardinal Willem Eijk of Utrecht, the Netherlands, denounced a document produced by Flemish-speaking bishops to bless gay couples because it undermined “the Church's teaching on the morality of marriage and sexual ethics”.
He encouraged “ecclesiastically competent circles” to demand the withdrawal of “Being pastorally close to homosexual persons — For a welcoming Church that excludes no one”, which was issued earlier this month.
