A Catholic archbishop in Kazakhstan reportedly issued a formal repudiation of the Vatican doctrinal office’s guidance this week allowing priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples. He accused the Catholic Church of propagating “gender ideology.”
Tomash Peta, who has served as metropolitan archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana since 2003, prohibited any form of blessing for same-sex couples and also publicly admonished Pope Francis, asking him to revoke the guidance he signed off on this week, according to The Catholic Herald.
The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a declaration Monday titled “Fiducia Supplicans,” which provided “a broadening and enrichment of the classical understanding of blessings, which is closely linked to a liturgical perspective.”
The declaration allows “spontaneous pastoral blessing” for “same-sex couples” and other couples in “irregular situations”…