[A] conservative is one who clings to something and does not want to see beyond that... It is a suicidal attitude, because one thing is to take tradition into account, to consider situations from the past, but quite another is to be closed up inside a dogmatic box.
What I allowed was not to bless the union... but to bless each person. Yes, the blessing is for everyone - for everyone... To bless a homosexual-type union, however, goes against the given right, against the law of the church. But to bless each person, why not?
The Pope's allowing of such blessings upset some African bishops who said they 'do not consider it appropriate' because it 'would be in direct contradiction to the cultural ethos of African communities' and 'would cause confusion.' However, the Pope said such criticisms 'belong to small ideological groups' and that clerics need to better understand 'the suffering of people.'
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