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Same-sex couples applying for papal blessings (Catholic World Report)

Since the release of Fiducia Supplicans, the Vatican has reportedly seen a sharp increase in the number of same-sex couple making requests for blessings from Pope Francis.

Requests for parchment documents conveying a papal blessing can be made by mail, and are vetted by Vatican officials. Such a blessing would not seem to qualify as the “spontaneous” gesture foreseen by the new Vatican document.