“Any sincerely repentant sinner with the firm intention to stop sinning and put an end to his public situation of sin (such as, for example, cohabitation outside a canonically valid marriage or same-sex union), can receive a blessing and even better, sacramental absolution and Holy Communion,” he explained.
At another point, he asked priests and lay people not to minimize “let us not minimize the destructive and short-range consequences resulting from this effort made by some hierarchs of the Church to legitimize such blessings.”
Finally, he “cordially and paternally exhorted those people who feel attraction towards the same sex or live in a homosexual or irregular union to come closer to Christ through prayer, listening to the Word, fasting, penance and the help of the Virgin.” Mary with a view to their conversion and take advantage of the opportunity for conversion that God offers them for a happier life and the achievement of eternal life.”
“Likewise, I exhort the priests and faithful of the Prelature to continue cultivating their filial union with the current Pontiff of the Holy Church of God, Pope Francis, with those who preceded him and with those who will come. This communion is what moves me to subscribe these letters,” he concluded.