CS Kuria backs Archbishop Philip Anyolo for prohibiting blessing of same-sex couple
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Moses Kuria says the Kenyan Church will never accept the blessing of same-sex couples in support of Nairobi Archbishop Philip Anyolo
Moses Kuria says the Kenyan Church will never accept the blessing of same-sex couples in support of Nairobi Archbishop Philip Anyolo.
Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has reinforced the decision by Catholic Archbishop Philip Anyolo to prohibit Nairobi-based clergy from blessing same-sex couple unions.
CS Kuria emphasized that the stand is for the Roman Catholic Church in the country saying the nation will never accept same-sex couples.
“The decision by Archbishop Amyolo on the blessing of same-sex couples is the position of all of us from the Roman Catholic Church in Kenya. We will never accept same-sex couples in the Kenyan Church, with utmost and profound respect and reverence to the Pope,” he said.
CS Kuria’s sentiments came after the Archbishop issued a statement saying the Nairobi Archdiocese will not follow the Pope’s directive, as it goes against the teachings of the Catholic Church and indeed the African values.
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In a statement to all Catholic churches under the Archdiocese of Nairobi, Archbishop Anyolo clarified that the declaration goes against the Word of God, the teaching of the Church, and African Cultural Traditions.
“All Clergy residing and ministering in the Archdiocese of Nairobi are prohibited from blessing irregular relationships, unions, or same-sex couples. Any form of blessing of same-sex unions and activities would go against God’s word, the teaching of the church,” he said.
“This Declaration confirms and reiterates the perennial teaching of the Church that marriage is to be affirmed as an “exclusive, stable and indissoluble union of a man and a woman, naturally open to the generation of children and that the Church does not have the power to impart blessings on unions of persons of the same sex,” said Anyolo’s statement in part.
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