I think one thing missed here is this is the most progressive stance the church has ever taken on gay marriage. This is still very problematic especially for children who are gay growing up in the church so they still have a long way to go.
I don’t think people actually read the Vatican’s release.
It is more progressive then Canada in the year 1998.
https://press.vatican.va/content/sal...00330.html#ing
Nothing about burning in hell and instead talking about how God loves everyone and recognizes the benefits of same sex unions but insists they are sins and can’t be blessed.
It reads like an organization that is too cowardly to make the change that they know is right. For the Church to be only 25 years behind society is actually remarkable. They are 50 years behind on premarital sex and 125 years behind on the treatment of women.
It’s unfortunate that it’s going to take decades of Catholics demanding better which may not happen as Catholics instead just leave.