By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-30 14:51:22 | Updated at 2024-09-30 17:16:28
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{Roman Catholic} Church opens its arms in first blessing of a same-sex Chicago couple: 'There's a place for you'
Chicago Sun Times ^ | Sept 29, 2024 | Emmanuel Camarillo
Posted on 09/30/2024 7:48:34 AM PDT by Salman
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On Sunday, the couple’s seventh {secular} wedding anniversary, Thiry and Washington celebrated that love by receiving a blessing from the Rev. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church. It was Pfleger’s first time blessing a same-sex couple since Pope Francis approved such blessings last December.
“What was important to me was that they feel the love of God when for so many years people in the name of God have shown them hate,” Pfleger said of his first time blessing a same-sex couple. “I wanted them to know that God loves them like he loves everybody.”
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; pfleger
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Thank you very much and God bless you.
Instead of the opening paragraph teaser, I skip to the real story.
Father Pfleger strikes again.
1 posted on 09/30/2024 7:48:34 AM PDT by Salman
To: Salman
'There's a place for you'
Hmm....
2 posted on 09/30/2024 7:51:08 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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