Vatican approves blessings for Same Sex Couples.

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Pope Francis himself even clarified that the intent was to allow blessings for individual people in a same sex relationship, not same sex unions.

He also decided to allow Catholic priests to bless members of same-sex couples. Still, he has not allowed blessings of the union itself. 

"The blessing is for everyone, for everyone," he said. "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 blessing is for all. Some people were scandalized by this. But why?"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-francis-interview-same-sex-couples-surrogacy-conservative-bishops-60-minutes/

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Pope Francis himself even clarified that the intent was to allow blessings for individual people in a same sex relationship, not same sex unions.

He also decided to allow Catholic priests to bless members of same-sex couples. Still, he has not allowed blessings of the union itself. 

"The blessing is for everyone, for everyone," he said. "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 blessing is for all. Some people were scandalized by this. But why?"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-francis-interview-same-sex-couples-surrogacy-conservative-bishops-60-minutes/

Yes yes yes, this has been uncontroversially the intended import for months. The point is that a "couple" is not the same thing as a "union" in this sense. I'm constantly surprised how genuinely confused by this some people seem to be, but at this point there are ample resources available that explain it.