Nigerian Catholic priest, Fr. Kelvin Ugwu, has reacted to Pope Francis’ authorization of priests in the Roman Catholic Church to bless same-sex couples.
In a historic announcement from the Vatican on Monday, December 18, 2023, the Pope formally signed off a new policy allowing Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples as long as they are not part of regular church rituals or liturgies in context related to civil unions or weddings.
The new directive still asserted, however, that marriage can only happen between a man and a woman in a Catholic Church.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Fr. Kelvin Ugwu said homosexual acts should be condemned emphatically.
“There is nothing like same-sex couple. We should not even use the term “couple” to address them in the first place. Man and man cannot be a couple, woman and woman cannot be a couple. Homosexual acts should be condemned emphatically while respecting the human person. Full stop,” he wrote.
