The Vatican has observed the first anniversary of the death of Pope Benedict XVI, reports RTE.
During the event, one of his closest aides, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, who was the Church’s doctrinal chief under Benedict, expressed his disapproval of the recent declaration that allowed Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples.
Archbishop Georg Gänswein, who was Benedict’s private secretary and also German, was another prominent figure at the event, reports RTE.
The anniversary was organized by the conservative US-based Catholic television network EWTN.
“It never would have happened (under Benedict) because it was so ambiguous,” Cardinal Müller said, reports RTE.
“There is no homosexual matrimony. It does not exist, it cannot exist, despite ideologies we have (today),” added Cardinal Müller, reports RTE.
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