Sodoma Supplicans: US Bishops Warn Against Perversion of Blessing
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In a December 22 statement, they criticise the "blessing" of people living in unrepentant mortal sin, such as fornication or adultery.
They are concerned that "some in the Church" [Bergoglio and Fernández] will try to use Fiducia Supplicans for the purpose of "normalising serious sin" [= justifying mortal sin].
Such a misuse must be rejected, they write, but it is clear that such a rejection will not happen.
Key phrase: "There should be no ambiguity about this truth: the ministers of the Church have no power to bless sin. To do so would be a perversion of the very purpose of a blessing".
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