Pressure is growing on Pope Francis to rethink a doctrinal declaration, Fiducia Supplicans, allowing Roman Catholic clergy to bless same-sex couples…, after the largest Christian denomination in the Middle East responded by halting its dialogue with the Vatican.
“We affirm our firm rejection of all homosexual relationships, because they violate the Holy Bible and God’s law in creating mankind as male and female — we consider any blessing of such relations, whatever its type, to be a blessing for sin,” the Coptic Orthodox Church’s governing Holy Synod, chaired by Pope Tawadros II, said in a statement released last week.
“After consulting with sister-Churches of the Eastern Orthodox family, it was decided to suspend theological dialogue with the Catholic Church, re-evaluate the results achieved by this dialogue from its beginning 20 years ago, and establish new standards and mechanisms for the dialogue to proceed in future.”
Pressure is growing on Pope Francis to rethink a doctrinal declaration, Fiducia Supplicans, allowing RC clergy to bless same-sex couples, after the largest Christian denomination in the Middle East responded by halting its dialogue with the Vaticanhttps://t.co/lki87tr36O
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