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Vatican publishes 2024 letter prohibiting formal blessings for homosexual couples in Germany

Vatican publishes 2024 letter prohibiting formal blessings for homosexual couples in Germany

Monday, May 4, 2026

As it was already circulating on the internet, the Vatican decided to go public with a 2024 letter to the German bishops reiterating that blessings for same-sex couples could not be formalized.

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