Credit: Unsplash. / nullCNA Staff, Jun 6, 2024 / 14:15 pm (CNA).A parish in the Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky, is openly promoting blessings for same-sex couples despite a Vatican directive that suggests such blessings should be "spontaneous."Historic St. Paul Catholic Church in downtown Lexington says on its website that "same-sex couples who would like a blessing" can contact the church's pastor, Father Richard Watson, via phone or email.The offer, made via the church's "LGBTQ+ Ministry" page, is accompanied by a link to the Vatican's December 2023 Fiducia Supplicans declaration, which says that Catholic priests can bless same-sex couples as an expression of pastoral closeness without condoning their sexual relations. That directive says that ministers "should not prevent or prohibit the Church's closeness to people in every situation in which they might seek God's help through a simple blessing" and that priests in administering such bless...