Nairobi Archbishop Philip Anyolo Defies Pope Francis Over Same-Sex Marriages

Nairobi Archbishop Philip Anyolo on Saturday told the clergy in the Archdiocese of Nairobi not to bless same-sex couples in a move seen to be defiant to the declaration by Pope Francis who had earlier in the week issued a declaration calling on priests and bishops worldwide to bless same-sex couples.

In his statement, Archbishop Anyolo protested at Pope Francis’ decision holding that the Catholic Church and the Christian religion in general only recognise the institution of marriage as being between a man and a woman.

“This Declaration confirms and reiterates the perennial teaching of the Church that marriage is to be affirmed as an “exclusive, stable and indissoluble union of a man and a woman, naturally open to the generation of children” (n. 4),” the statement read.