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Chicago priest apologizes for ‘words and visuals’ used in same-sex blessing inside church

  • A Chicago priest has apologized for a controversial blessing of a same-sex couple, admitting it violated Catholic Church guidelines.
  • The priest regrets using language, vestments, and gestures inappropriate for the blessing, which was not meant to be a wedding.
  • Pope Francis approved blessings for same-sex couples, but specified they should not resemble weddings.
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National Catholic RegisterNational Catholic Register

Chicago Priest Apologizes for Same-Sex Blessing, Saying it Violated Church Norms

New Africa In a statement dated May 8, Father Joseph Williams, the pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish near downtown Chicago, offered an apology. The statement was issued by the Congregation of the Mission, also called the Vincentians, who administer the downtown Chicago parish.

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LifeSiteNewsLifeSiteNews

Chicago priest apologizes for 'poor decision in words' after 'blessing' lesbians as 'holy spouses'

Fr. Joseph S. Williams, pastor of St. Vincent de Paul church in Cardinal Blase Cupich’s Archdiocese of Chicago, said he 'regrets the language of the blessing and the use of vestments and the church itself, which he now recognizes were a violation of the norms approved by the Church.'

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National Catholic ReporterNational Catholic Reporter

Chicago Catholic priest apologizes for same-sex blessing 'words and visuals'

A Chicago priest has issued an apology for performing recently a blessing of a same-sex couple, which was filmed and posted on social media.Vincentian Father Joseph S. Williams, pastor of St.

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America MagazineAmerica Magazine

Chicago priest apologizes for ‘words and visuals’ used in same-sex blessing inside church

A Chicago priest has issued an apology for performing recently a blessing of a same-sex couple, which was filmed and posted on social media.

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Catholic News AgencyCatholic News Agency

Chicago priest apologizes for same-sex blessing

A priest in Chicago has apologized for the way in which he blessed a same-sex couple in April, calling it a “very poor decision” that violated Catholic Church’s new guidelines.

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Chicago priest apologizes for nature of same-sex couple blessing

Fr. Joseph Williams, a priest serving in Chicago, last week apologized for the nature of the same-sex couple blessing he gave on April 21.

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