First church blessings for same-sex couples hailed as ‘quite a moment’
by Aine Fox
Dec 18, 2023
2 minutes
The first use of prayers of blessing for same-sex couples in Church of England services will be “quite a moment”, a campaigner has said.
Known as prayers of love and faith, the blessings can be used as part of regular services from Sunday, after they were approved by the House of Bishops just days earlier.
But the issue has divided church
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