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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