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Many bishops – particularly African ones – are rebelling against the Vatican's new guidelines by denying blessings to gay couples. A real break. “It is very clear to us what a family and a marriage is. The social situation of homosexual marriages does not find acceptance in our culture.” In particular, the Episcopate of Kenya has issued a long statement in which it explains that, unlike Western countries, where over time new “non-Christian” models of unions and Lifestyles were introduced, in Africa “the concept of the traditional family consisting of only one man and one woman”.
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The green light to bless gay couples in the latest provision approved by the Pope is setting off a series of chain reactions around the world. Among the bishops, there seems to be a process in no particular order between those who say they agree with it and those who instead turn away from the Vatican's guidelines, which in reality are those of Benedict XVI. desired bans of the past have been lifted. Saint John Paul II.
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Among those who have welcomed the Vatican's new move in favor of loving relationships between homosexuals are undoubtedly the European bishops. The Austrians, for example, have publicly emphasized that from now on we “can no longer say no”. The majority of Flemish, Danish, German, French, Swiss and Spanish bishops recognize this. On the other hand, many episcopates have made their voices heard in a very critical sense. The first to publicly disagree were the two bishops of Kazakhstan, who issued a very strong note, citing the Church's two-thousand-year-old tradition and doctrine of prohibiting its priests from blessing homosexuals. “It goes without saying that every sincerely repentant sinner with a firm intention not to sin and to put an end to his public status as a sinner can receive a blessing.” The bishops of Malawi and Zambia, a country in which where homosexuality is persecuted.
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