Andreas Rentz
Nini and Juliana Weinmeister-Bisping sit in the St. Johannes XXIII Catholic Church prior to Brigitte Schmidt, a pastoral worker blesses the same-sex couple on May 10, 2021 in Cologne, Germany.

NEWS ANALYSIS: Critics of the recent text proposing a liturgy for blessings of same-sex couples note that the Belgian bishops are adopting an erroneous interpretation of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation ‘Amoris Laetitia.’