An archbishop in Kazakhstan has develop into the primary cleric to forbid clergymen from blessing same-sex {couples} and others in “irregular situations,” in keeping with media reviews.
Archbishop Tomasz Bernard Peta of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of St. Mary in Astana, Kazakhstan, and Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider rejected the brand new church coverage declared by Pope Francis this week and requested the pontiff to rescind it.
Quoting Galatians 2:14, the clerics mentioned Francis “does not walk uprightly according to the truth of the Gospel” in issuing the declaration, titled “Fiducia supplicans.”
Francis on Monday authorised the declaration by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith to permit clergy to supply blessings for same-sex {couples}, so long as they aren’t carried out within the context of a civil union or in any means resemble a liturgical marriage ceremony ceremony.
Archbishop Peta and Bishop Schneider mentioned clergymen and laypeople within the archdiocese are prohibited “from accepting or performing any form of blessing whatsoever of couples in an irregular situation and same-sex couples.”
“It goes without saying that every sincerely repentant sinner with the firm intention to no longer sin and to put an end to his public sinful situation (such as, e.g., cohabitation outside of a canonically valid marriage, union between people of the same sex) can receive a blessing,” they added.
Their assertion was first reported and translated by The Catholic Herald, an impartial journal in London.
According to the Association of Religion Data Archives World Religion database, 20% of Kazakhstan’s inhabitants in 2020 was listed as Christian, with 0.69% being Catholic.
