Around this time last year, a Vatican document authorizing priests to provide non-liturgical blessings for same-sex couples led to headlines around the world in the secular and Catholic press. Some bishops from Africa rejected the pronouncement, some in Europe celebrated it, and bishops in various places issued guidelines explaining it.
One year later, what has been the effect on the Catholic Church in the United States? How common, or uncommon, are blessings of people in same-sex relationships in parishes?
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