Elton John is speaking out against the Vatican after they issued a statement saying that the Catholic Church will not bless same-sex marriages.On Monday, the Vatican’s orthodoxy office issued a response to a question asking if members of the Catholic clergy can bless gay marriages.
Their statement, which was approved by Pope Francis, stated that God “cannot bless a sin,” though it upheld that the Catholic Church still welcomes LGBTQ+ people.John responded to the news on Twitter, resurfacing the 2019 claim that the Vatican helped to finance John’s biopic “Rocketman,” which highlights John’s marriage to his husband, David Furnish.“How can the Vatican refuse to bless gay marriages because they ‘are sin,’ yet happily make a profit from investing millions in ‘Rocketman’ – a film which celebrates my finding happiness from my marriage to David??” John tweeted, adding the hashtag “hypocrisy.”How can the Vatican refuse to
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