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		</div><p>Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples.</p>
<p>A new document explains a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting people seeking God’s love and mercy should not be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive it.</p>
<p>The document from the Vatican’s doctrine office, released on Monday, elaborates on a letter Francis sent to two conservative cardinals that was published in October.</p>
<p>In that preliminary response, Francis suggested such blessings could be offered under some circumstances if they did not confuse the ritual with the sacrament of marriage.</p>
<p>The new document repeats that rationale and elaborates on it, reaffirming that marriage is a lifelong sacrament between a man and a woman.</p>
<p>And it stresses that blessings should not be conferred at the same time as a civil union or even with the clothing and gestures that belong in a wedding.</p>
<p>But it says requests for such blessings should not be denied full stop.</p>
<p>It offers an extensive definition of the term “blessing” in Scripture to insist that people seeking a transcendent relationship with God and looking for his love and mercy should not be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” as precondition for receiving it.</p>
<p>“Ultimately, a blessing offers people a means to increase their trust in God,” the document said.</p>
<p>“The request for a blessing, thus, expresses and nurtures openness to the transcendence, mercy, and closeness to God in a thousand concrete circumstances of life, which is no small thing in the world in which we live.”</p>
<p>He added: “It is a seed of the Holy Spirit that must be nurtured, not hindered.”</p>
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