In a text released today with the express approval of the "Pope", the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (formerly the "Congregation" and, before that, the "Holy Office", in the days when that meant something) stated, that blessings require both “the right intention of those who participate” and “that what is blessed be objectively and positively ordered to receive and express grace, according to the designs of God inscribed in creation.”
It seems the "Church of Accompaniment" has come along way since March of 2021, when CDF issued a statement declaring that the Church has no authority to bless homosexual unions, noting that God Himself "does not and cannot bless sin. For this reason, it is not licit to impart a blessing on relationships, or partnerships, even stable, that involve sexual activity outside of marriage, as is the case of the unions between persons of the same sex."
What should we faithful Christians believe, Here's what the Bible has to say.
Isaias 5:20–21 (DRV):
Woe to you that call evil good, and good evil: that put darkness for light and light for darkness: that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
Woe to you that are wise in your own eyes, and prudent in your own conceits.
Wonder if Francis has ever read that. Here's another one.
Malachias 3:16-18 (DRV): Then they that feared the Lord spoke every one with his neighbour: and the Lord gave ear, and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that fear the Lord, and think on his name.
And they shall be my special possessions, saith the Lord of hosts, in the say that I do judgment: and I will spare them, as a man spareth his son that serveth him.
And you shall return, and shall see the difference between the just and the wicked: and between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.
Who, let us ask, does Francis serve?
Further reading: "Homosexuality condemned in the Word of God", WWW 9/7/09 (one of Walt's very first posts).
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