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Catholic Coalition Petitions Pope Leo to Annul Decree Permitting Same-Sex Blessings, by Jules Gomes – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Jules Gomes, The Stream, September 25, 2025

Dr. Jules Gomes (BA, BD, MTh, PhD) has a doctorate in biblical studies from the University of Cambridge. Currently a Vatican-accredited journalist based in Rome, he is the author of five books and several academic articles. Gomes lectured at Catholic and Protestant seminaries and universities and was canon theologian and artistic director at Liverpool Cathedral.

Petitioners urge pontiff to reiterate the teaching banning adulterous couples from receiving Holy Communion

Jules GomesAn international coalition of traditionalist Catholics is urging Pope Leo XIV to repeal the two edicts from Pope Francis that permit couples in adulterous partnerships to receive Holy Communion and authorize priests to offer nonliturgical blessings to homosexual couples.

The petition marks the first joint effort by traditionalist Catholics, who have thus far been largely silent on the new papacy’s ambivalent approach to issues of sexual morality, to challenge Leo’s acceptance of the two controversial declarations, Amoris Laetitia and Fiducia Supplicans, as part of the Church’s magisterium. ….

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