The bishop of Orihuela-Aliante (Spain), Mons José Ignacio Munilla, has expressed that he asks God that the Pope who is chosen in the next conclave “has as much doctrinal clarity as pastoral capacity.”
This request is related to the publication by the German Episcopal Conference of a blessed regarding the blessings to same -sex couples.
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“Taking advantage of the death of the Pope, the German Episcopal Conference has published a ‘blessed’ who had not received the approval of the Vatican,” criticized the Spanish prelate
“Certainly, today, we have a serious problem of internal communion within the Church,” said Mons. Munilla In your social networks.
“We ask God that the next Pope is able to unite without diluting the truth, and that he has as much doctrinal clarity as a pastoral capacity,” he concluded.
The German brochure, entitled Blessings for couples who love each otheraffirms that “couples who do not marry the church, the divorced and revolted, and couples of all sexual orientations and gender identities are a natural part of our society. Many of these couples want a blessing for their relationship.”
“This request is an expression of thanks for your love and an expression of the desire to capture this love from faith,” he continues, according to CNA Deutsche reportedGerman agency of the ACI group.
The libretto, which cites the Declartary Declaration for the Doctrine of Faith Confidence in supplicating On the pastoral sense of blessings, it encourages priests to “respond to all requests for blessing with an attitude of thanks.”
In the event that a presbyter concludes that “a blessing does not agree with their conscience” it is requested to refer the same sex couple who asks for a blessing “to support people (for example, representatives of the queer pastoral, the marriage and family pastoral of the diocese).”
In December 2023, Mons. Munilla pointed out, about the controversy he aroused Confidence in supplicatingthat “the accusation of heresy” that some have indicated on the text “has no objective foundation in the text.”
However, he added that “this statement was not necessary”, since there were another of the year 2021, also endorsed by Pope Francis that “was not contrary to the signs of pastoral charity” with respect to homosexual people.
At the same time, he warned of his “predictably chaotic” application and pointed out that “it will be our duty to fight against it.”
Nicolás de Cárdenas
Born in 1980, I am a Spanish and journalist’s husband and father with more than 20 years of experience in print and digital media, specialized in socio -political and religious information. I have worked more than 10 years in defense of human rights and I have accreditations in journalism and comprehensive communication. Since July 2022, I am a correspondent for ACI Press and Ewtn News in Spain, covering international events of the Catholic Church.