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German priests defy pope to bless same-sex couples
By EUobserver
More than 100 Catholic priests in Germany have offered blessings to same-sex couples this week, defying the Vatican, Deutsche Welle writes. The church in Germany does not permit it, while the Vatican forbids it. Earlier this year the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome issued a sternly worded 'responsum' (reply) forbidding blessings for same-sex partnerships.