"I've already spoken about marriage, as did Pope Francis when he was pope, about a family being a man and a woman in solemn commitment, blessed in the sacrament of marriage. But even to say that, I understand some people will take that badly. "In Northern Europe they are already publishing rituals of blessing 'people who love one another', is the way they express it, which goes specifically against the document that Pope Francis approved, Fiducia Supplicans, which basically says, of course we can bless all people, but it doesn't look for a way of ritualizing some kind of blessing because that's not what the Church teaches.""
"That doesn't mean those people are bad people, but I think it's very important, again, to understand how to accept others who are different than we are, how to accept people who make choices in their life and to respect them."
"No one is exempted from striving to ensure respect for the dignity of every person, especially the most frail and vulnerable, from the unborn to the elderly, from the sick to the unemployed, citizens and immigrants alike."
LGBTQ+ individuals are affirmed as not bad and welcomed as sons or daughters of God. Marriage is presented as a stable union between a man and a woman, blessed in the sacrament of marriage, and the traditional family is defined as father, mother, and children. Ritualized blessings of same-sex unions are described as contrary to Church teaching and inconsistent with the guidance of Fiducia Supplicans, which allows blessing people but discourages creating rituals that ritualize same-sex unions. Respect for the dignity of every person, especially the most vulnerable, and support for families are emphasized.
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