Religion and Civil Rights The Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples if they don’t resemble marriage. I suppose in some quarters, the foregoing could be considered an improvement, but what business is this of the Pope and church anyway? https://apnews.com/article/vatican-lgbtq-pope-bfa5b71fa79055626e362936e739d1d8?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share