Speaking of schisms, didn’t a lot of this come about because of German Catholics and the tensions there that could have led to a schism? They had some sort of assembly where they decided they could bless same sex unions?
First equal marriage in Canada was performed January 14, 2001 by Rev. Brent Hawkes of the United Church. Cite - Same-sex marriage in Canada - Wikipedia
It’s cute that the pope thinks he’s being progressive…
In his defense, I don’t believe that Francis thinks he is progressive, just decent and kind in a Christian sense to people he still thinks of as poor sinners (and that’s the bad part). The people who will call him progressive and mean it as an insult are his own traditionalist brothers in the clergy.
Yas, a step. Priests all over the world are anticipating the day they can marry … their altar boys,