Vatican Permits First Blessing at ‘Homosexual Wedding’, by Jules Gomes

MALDONADO, Uruguay (ChurchMilitant.com) – A celebrity homosexual couple who intends to conceive a child through surrogacy has made history after the Vatican permitted the blessing of the duo at a “religious wedding” held two days after their civil wedding. Father Francisco Gordalina blessed Uruguayan television personality 82-year-old Carlos Perciavalle and his 47-year-old partner Jimmy Castilhos at a party for 400 guests. The couple publicly advertised it as “the first [Catholic] religious wedding in the world” of its kind.

The “marriage” of Perciavalle, a well-known actor, comedian and director, to Castilhos, a theater producer, presenter and communicator, was blessed on Feb. 21 after the couple registered their civil union on Feb. 19 at the local registry. ….