The newly appointed prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the
Faith (DDF) has indicated that he is open to church blessings for
same-sex couples.
In his first interview since his appointment as the Vatican’s top
doctrinal official, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez said that a
same-sex union cannot be considered a marriage.
But he added that “if a
blessing is given in such a way that it does not cause that confusion,
it will have to be analyzed and confirmed.”
The Argentine cardinal said that “marriage in the strict sense is only
one thing: that stable union of two beings as different as a man and a
woman, who in that difference are capable of engendering new life.”
However, he added, “there is a point at which we move away from a
properly theological discussion and move on to a question that is rather
prudential or disciplinary.”