Belgian bishops publish text for same-sex blessings

Belgian bishops have published a new document on the pastoral care of Catholics who identify as LGBT, including a text for blessing same-sex couples.

Belgian bishops published Tuesday a new document on the pastoral care of Catholics who identify as LGBT, which includes a text allowing for a ritual blessing of same-sex couples.

The bishops of Flanders said that the three-page document, entitled “Being pastorally close to homosexuals: For a welcoming Church that excludes no one,” aims to “structurally a…