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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 pri
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