Hungarian Catholic Church goes against Pope Francis concerning blessing same-sex couples

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Pope Francis approved letting Catholic priests bless same-sex couples on 18 December. However, the Hungarian Catholic Church has a more conservative standpoint and rejects to follow Pope Francis.

Francis’s decision is a radical shift in policy concerning the blessing of same-sex couples. While it maintains the church’s strict ban on gay marriage, it opens a loophole for those living their lives as same-sex couples and seeking church blessing.

LGBTQ+ advocates, of course, want more and slammed the Vatican for treating same-sex couples inferior to heterosexual couples. That is because the blessing has several restrictions. For example, “the blessings cannot use set rituals or even involve the clothing and gestures that belong in a wedding”, AP News wrote.

However, it seems that for the Hungarian Catholic Church, even that is too much. According to the statement of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops’ Conference (HCBC) issued on 27 December, Hungarian Catholic priests are only allowed to bless same-sex couples as individuals and not together. As a result, collective blessing for a same-sex couple continues to remain forbidden in Hungary, Szeretlek Magyarország wrote.

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