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On Monday, the
Vatican declared that the Catholic Church won t bless same-sex unions since God cannot bless sin. For Billy McEntee, a queer, progressive Christian who grew up Catholic, the announcement wasn t surprising, though it was disappointing because there has been so much hype and so many stories about Pope Francis acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community. The
Catholic Church, specifically, has long been at a breaking point and wrestling with
dwindling numbers, he said. I don t see how this current act of exclusion serves anyone.
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As McEntee said, the Vatican s declaration comes at a time when the Catholic Church is struggling with a growing rift between conservative Catholics who believe that marriage is a lifelong union between a man and a woman and that gay sex is, as the Vatican wrote, intrinsically disordered and progressive Catholics, who have been heartened by the Pope s endorsement of providing gay couples with legal protections in