“Blessings for same sex unions of any kind are not permitted in Malawi”: Catholic Bishops
Catholic Bishops in Malawi have prohibited the implementation of the Vatican declaration on the blessing of “same-sex couples” and couples in other “irregular situations”, which the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith (DDF) released on Monday, December 18 under the title, Fiducia Supplicans.
In a two-page statement dated Tuesday, December 19, members of the the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) offer “clarification on the declaration on the pastoral meaning of blessings Fiducia Supplicans” and prohibit the practice of such blessings in the Southern African nation.
“While we understand the legitimate interest and fears this Declaration has generated, we wish to assure all Catholics and all those interested in Catholic teaching that the teaching of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on Marriage remains,” they say, citing para. 4 of Fiducia Supplicans, emphasize that Marriage is “an exclusive, stable, and indissoluble union between a man and a woman, naturally open to the generation of children.”
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Catholic Bishops in Malawi have prohibited the implementation of the Vatican declaration on the blessing of “same-sex couples” and couples in other “irregular situations”, which the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith (DDF) released on Monday, December 18 under the title, Fiducia Supplicans.
In a two-page statement dated Tuesday, December 19, members of the the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) offer “clarification on the declaration on the pastoral meaning of blessings Fiducia Supplicans” and prohibit the practice of such blessings in the Southern African nation.
“While we understand the legitimate interest and fears this Declaration has generated, we wish to assure all Catholics and all those interested in Catholic teaching that the teaching of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on Marriage remains,” they say, citing para. 4 of Fiducia Supplicans, emphasize that Marriage is “an exclusive, stable, and indissoluble union between a man and a woman, naturally open to the generation of children.”
https://www.aciafrica.org/news/9851/bles...ic-bishops
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"