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Aachen (dpa) - The Aachen Bishop Helmut This has sharply criticized the Vatican's ban on blessing homosexual couples.

"It can only fail to want to end a discussion," said the bishop on Friday evening at a discussion event in Aachen.

“That is naive and has done a lot of damage.

We have to bring that to Rome as bishops. "

The Roman Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith made it clear on Monday that the church was not authorized to bless homosexual couples.

Any form of blessing that recognizes a homosexual partnership is not permitted.

He does not understand "how one could shoot such a bullet in this synodal process".

This referred to the current reform process in the Catholic Church in Germany, the Synodal Way.

Among other things, there is a renewal of the church's sexual morality.

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