An organization consisting of more than 500 British priests and deacons wrote an open letter condemning the Vatican's decision to bless same-sex couples.
Jesuit Father James Martin wrote in an essay that the Vatican's approval of blessings for same-sex couples is a "major step forward for LGBTQ Catholics."
This recent letter from Pope Francis seems to pivot from a Vatican decree in March 2021, which explicitly stated that priests couldn't bless same-sex unions because God "cannot bless sin."
Former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who gained national attention when she refused to grant marriage licenses to gay partners in 2015, has now been ordered by a federal jury to pay one gay couple a total of $100,000.
