F.S. Fallout .The Apostolic Blessing Dilemma Chapter
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"F.S. Fallout" (The Apostolic Blessing Dilemma Chapter)
Below, you will find a bot translation of a recent article in the Italian newspaper .Il Messaggero.
Pope Francis and gay couples, the parchment dilemma arises with the papal blessing
Saturday 30 December 2023, 12:49 - Last updated: 15:12
by Franca Giansoldati
In these days the Vatican is struggling with a dilemma of no small importance: whether or not to grant traditional scrolls with the blessings of Pope Francis even to gay couples who request it. The thorny issue inevitably arose after the introduction of the document of the Dicastery of the Faith, signed by the Argentine cardinal Manuel Victor Fernandez on the authorization of the pontiff, containing the green light for the non-liturgical blessings of homosexual relationships, causing a landslide never seen in the Church so much so that several episcopates are determined not to apply the provision on the canonical territory of their competence.
Gay couples, the first questions in the Vatican
Meanwhile, the first questions of same-sex couples who requested a parchment signed by Pope Francis began to arrive at the Vatican.
It is a finely decorated sheet, with the image of Francis at the top and a few lines in Gothic characters in the center, and the inscription « His Holiness cordially imparts the apostolic blessing to… on the occasion of the wedding and invokes on the nascent family a new outpouring of heavenly graces », below the papal stamp and the signature of the apostolic almsgiver.
It is the typical parchment with the papal blessing that is given on special occasions: weddings, anniversaries, baptisms, communions, confirmations, religious professions, priestly ordinations, but even birthdays. A practice spread all over the world that somewhat recalls the centuries-old sale of indulgences, also because scrolls are paid. The costs, on the Apostolic Almsgiving website, range from a minimum of 20 euros up to 30 euros, including shipping. A service that for the small papal state serves to make cash and produce a round of money of several million euros a year which is destined for the charity of the pontiff, under the guidance of the Almsgiver, the Polish cardinal Konrad Kraiewski. The blessing can be had in seven languages, just provide the applicant's name and surname,the recipient of the blessing and the reason why it is requested.
Just in these days among the avalanche of requests for blessings arrived there are questions of gay couples who have remained unanswered at the moment. Cardinal Kraiewski in these days has been sent by the Pope to the Holy Land to bring his solidarity and on his return he will take care of it, after meeting with Francesco in Santa Marta where the possibility of granting this parchment to same-sex couples will be evaluated. It is conceivable that similar requests will come from all over the world. For Francesco another grain to be resolved.
Original article (in Italian) can be found at:
www.ilmessaggero.it/vaticano/coppie_gay_papa_francesco_vaticano_pergamena_benedizione_elemosineria-7843767.html
Or
web.archive.org/web/20240101123909/https://www.ilmessaggero.it/vaticano/coppie_gay_papa_francesco_vaticano_pergamena_benedizione_elemosineria-7843767.html
Below, you will find a bot translation of a recent article in the Italian newspaper .Il Messaggero.
Pope Francis and gay couples, the parchment dilemma arises with the papal blessing
Saturday 30 December 2023, 12:49 - Last updated: 15:12
by Franca Giansoldati
In these days the Vatican is struggling with a dilemma of no small importance: whether or not to grant traditional scrolls with the blessings of Pope Francis even to gay couples who request it. The thorny issue inevitably arose after the introduction of the document of the Dicastery of the Faith, signed by the Argentine cardinal Manuel Victor Fernandez on the authorization of the pontiff, containing the green light for the non-liturgical blessings of homosexual relationships, causing a landslide never seen in the Church so much so that several episcopates are determined not to apply the provision on the canonical territory of their competence.
Gay couples, the first questions in the Vatican
Meanwhile, the first questions of same-sex couples who requested a parchment signed by Pope Francis began to arrive at the Vatican.
It is a finely decorated sheet, with the image of Francis at the top and a few lines in Gothic characters in the center, and the inscription « His Holiness cordially imparts the apostolic blessing to… on the occasion of the wedding and invokes on the nascent family a new outpouring of heavenly graces », below the papal stamp and the signature of the apostolic almsgiver.
It is the typical parchment with the papal blessing that is given on special occasions: weddings, anniversaries, baptisms, communions, confirmations, religious professions, priestly ordinations, but even birthdays. A practice spread all over the world that somewhat recalls the centuries-old sale of indulgences, also because scrolls are paid. The costs, on the Apostolic Almsgiving website, range from a minimum of 20 euros up to 30 euros, including shipping. A service that for the small papal state serves to make cash and produce a round of money of several million euros a year which is destined for the charity of the pontiff, under the guidance of the Almsgiver, the Polish cardinal Konrad Kraiewski. The blessing can be had in seven languages, just provide the applicant's name and surname,the recipient of the blessing and the reason why it is requested.
Just in these days among the avalanche of requests for blessings arrived there are questions of gay couples who have remained unanswered at the moment. Cardinal Kraiewski in these days has been sent by the Pope to the Holy Land to bring his solidarity and on his return he will take care of it, after meeting with Francesco in Santa Marta where the possibility of granting this parchment to same-sex couples will be evaluated. It is conceivable that similar requests will come from all over the world. For Francesco another grain to be resolved.
Original article (in Italian) can be found at:
www.ilmessaggero.it/vaticano/coppie_gay_papa_francesco_vaticano_pergamena_benedizione_elemosineria-7843767.html
Or
web.archive.org/web/20240101123909/https://www.ilmessaggero.it/vaticano/coppie_gay_papa_francesco_vaticano_pergamena_benedizione_elemosineria-7843767.html
