German Bishop Wants Heretical ‘Blessings’ for ‘Divorced and Remarried, Couples of all Gender Identities and Sexual Orientations’

Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, president of the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK), recommended implementing the conference’s official guidelines for the “blessings” of same-sex “couples,” the divorced and civilly “remarried,” and other irregular unions in his diocese this week.

The Diocese of Limburg published Bätzing’s recommendation to implement the heterodox “blessings” in its official diocesan journal on July 9. The bishop’s recommendation follows April announcement from the German Bishops’ Conference and the lay organization Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK) that they were adopting the guidelines for these “blessings” in line with “the pastoral approach” of the late Pope Francis.

The heretical “blessings” in the document are meant to be offered for “divorced and remarried couples, couples of all gender identities and sexual orientations, as well as couples who do not want to or cannot receive the sacrament of marriage for other reasons.”

It’s worth noting that the document is not binding on the country’s bishops but merely represents “practical advice.” Bätzing is now the first German bishop to recommend implementing these “blessings” in his diocese.

The German bishops’ guidelines further state that the “blessings” can be carried out by both clerics and laypeople with an episcopal assignment. They also note that the ceremony for the “blessings” should be marked by “greater spontaneity and freedom with regard to the life situation of those who ask for the blessing.”

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