Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. THE Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ZCBC) has rejected the approval of same-sex marriages after Pope Francis permitted catholic priests to bless the unions.
In a Vatican declaration recently, Pope Francis said priests should be allowed to give blessings to same-sex couples, however, this should not be integrated into standard rituals or connected to civil unions or weddings.
However, in a pastoral statement Sunday, the roman catholic clergy cited Zimbabwe’s laws saying same-sex unions are not allowed and pastors must not act in a way that may be seen as endorsing homosexuality.
“In respect of the law of the land, our culture and for moral reasons we instruct pastors to desist from actions that may be deemed as the blessing of same-sex unions bringing confusion and even scandal to our people,” the bishops said.
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