Cardinal Ambongo: Opposition to same-sex blessings not an ‘African exception’

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar. / Credit: François-Régis Salefran CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED Vatican City, Jul 1, 2025 / 14:47 pm (CNA). The leader of Africa’s Catholic bishops pushed back Tuesday on the narrative that it was only Africans who objected to a 2023 Vatican declaration permitting blessings for same-sex couples. “The position taken by Africa [on the declaration] was also the position of so many bishops here in Europe. It’s…