Therulingwas a responsetopracticesinsomecountries, includingtheUnitedStatesandGermany, whereparishesandministershavebegunblessingsamesexunionsinlieuofmarriageandcallsforbishopstodefactoinstitutionalized.
Theseinresponsetoformalquestionsfrom a numberofdioceseonwhetherthispracticewasallowed, theVatican's doctrinalofficeissuedtherulingnegative.
これは、いくつかの教区からの正式な質問に対して、バチカン教理局が否定的な判断を下したものです。
ItsaidPopeFrancisapprovedtheresponse.
教皇フランシスコがこの回答を承認したとのことです。
Theofficenotessaidthatsincemarriagebetween a manand a womanwas a sacramentandblessingsarerelatedtothesacramentofmarriage, theycouldnotbeextendedtosamesexcouples.
Lastyear, theVaticanhadtomovetoclarifycommentsattributedtoPopeFrancisoncivilunionlawsin a documentarysayingtheyweretakenoutofcontextanddidnotsignal a changeinchurchdoctrineongaypeopleorsupportforsamesexmarriage.