Oh well, I seem to be wrong about the pope and gay blessings, and (only) because it angered priests and pious Catholics which I did not expect. I thought that they'd just ignore him like before because it's really not that much.
Here is an example
Here is an example
Quote:Fox Priest Rages That Pope Has “Placed Priests Who Uphold Doctrine On Sodomy In A Terrible Position”
Pope Francis announced on Monday that he would allow priests to bless same-sex couples, a shift that angered some conservatives but was celebrated by those who said that the decision was a substantial step in moving the church toward greater acceptance of L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics.
“I will never confer a blessing upon two men or two women who are involved in a sexual relationship that is by its nature gravely sinful,” said the Rev. Gerald Murray, the pastor at Holy Family Church in New York and an outspoken conservative.
“The pope has placed priests who uphold Catholic doctrine about the immorality of sodomy and adultery into a terrible position.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/us/po...holic.html
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"