With a

one minute look at culture from a Christian worldview. I'm John Stone Street with the point. On Monday a document released by the Vatican

Doctrine Office announced what the Associated Press called quote a radical change in

Vatican policy.

In it, Pope Francis formerly approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples

as long as it was not done, liturgically,

nor could otherwise be confused with the sacrament of marriage.

Well, the resulting confusion has, unfortunately, become a standard part of Francis's tenure,

who tends to lead in ways less than clear.

Still, this announcement took the same two approaches that have long characterized moves by those who

seek to liberalize Christianity to a progressive vision of sexuality and marriage.

The first is to separate doctrine from love, as if clarity on a doctrinal point is somehow incompatible

with the love of God and the love of others.

The other is to separate doctrine from pastoral practice, as if telling the truth about something core to who we are as human beings

isn't the most important aspect of pasturing.

This kind of confusion will never come from God.

I'm John Stone Street.