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Vatican: Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions

By Abiodun Ogundairo
20 March 2021   |   3:23 pm
An official decree from the Vatican department in charge of doctrine has nixed any possibility that the Roman Catholic Church might accept same-sex marriages.

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