By Fr. Peter Ryan, SJ, Catholic World Report - Blessing couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples is not analogous to blessing an individual businessman who may exploit people... Today I saw the headline, “Pope denounces ‘hypocrisy’ of those who criticise LGBT blessings.” I found that disconcerting, because I have been critical of LGBT blessings. It grieves me to be regarded as a hypocrite by the Holy Father.