{"id":64640,"date":"2024-02-02T14:52:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T11:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=64640"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"catholic-church-in-belarus-not-going-to-bless-civil-unions-same-sex-marriages","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/64640\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Church in Belarus not going to bless civil unions, same-sex marriages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/belorusskie_katolicheskie_episkopy_catholicby_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/belorusskie_katolicheskie_episkopy_catholicby_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/belorusskie_katolicheskie_episkopy_catholicby_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/belorusskie_katolicheskie_episkopy_catholicby_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/belorusskie_katolicheskie_episkopy_catholicby_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/belorusskie_katolicheskie_episkopy_catholicby_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Belarusian Catholic bishops\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>catholic.by \/ Alaksandar \u0160\u010dyhlinski<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 2, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Roman Catholic Church in Belarus does not intend to offer extra-liturgical blessings to couples living in a civil union and same-sex couples, the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Belarus (CCBB) said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In December, Pope Francis approved the blessing of same-sex couples with the declaration Fiducia supplicans issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The declaration &#8220;does not alter the Catholic Church&#8217;s perennial teaching on marriage and sexual morality,&#8221; the CCBB said, noting that the Catholic Church recognizes only the marriage between a man and a woman. The CCBB reminded priests and deacons that &#8220;an extra-liturgical blessing may be given to all persons who ask for it,&#8221; yet urged them to avoid blessing unmarried couples, those living in canonically invalid marriages, or same-sex couples. Other believers may perceive such a blessing as consent to sin, it noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 2, Pozirk. The Roman Catholic Church in Belarus does not intend to offer extra-liturgical blessings to couples living in a civil union and same-sex couples, the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Belarus (CCBB) said. 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