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Rome, March 15: The Vatican decreed Monday that the Catholic Church won't bless same-sex unions since God cannot bless sin. The Vatican's orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a formal response Monday to a question about whether Catholic clergy have the authority to bless gay unions. The answer, contained in a two-page explanation published in seven languages and approved by Pope Francis, was negative".The note distinguished between the church's welcoming and blessing of gay people, which it upheld, but not their unions. It argued that...