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Although he maintained that the Church would not recognise gay marriage, Pope Francis suggested there could be room for blessings of unions between same-sex Catholic couples distinct from those given at marriages.
The Pope made his opinions known in answer to doctrinal questions from five conservative cardinals who challenged him to affirm teaching on homosexuality. Their questions came ahead of a major Vatican meeting where LGBT+ Catholics are on the agenda, and at a time when several progressive priests in a number of countries have begun blessing same-sex couples in defiance of conservative archbishops.
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