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Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk, Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht, was born on 22 June 1953 in Duivendrecht, The Netherlands. Created and proclaimed Cardinal by Benedict XVI in the consistory of 18 February 2012, of the Title of San Calisto (St. Callistus).

By Simon Caldwell, Catholic Herald, Jan. 19, 2024

The Dutch bishops have become the latest conference to collectively reject the new requirement by the Vatican to provide non-liturgical blessings to same-sex couples and those in irregular relationships.

A statement issued by the Bishops’ Conference of the Netherlands stopped short of authorising either blessings or prayers for any couples if they could be construed as approving lifestyles at odds with the moral teaching of the Catholic Church.

“The Dutch bishops do not wish to deprive anyone of the support and power of God,” their statement said. …

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