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Diocese: Priest’s Omission of Palm Blessing in Protest over Vatican Ruling ‘Reprehensible’

A priest holds palms on Palm Sunday. / Grant Whitty via Unsplash.

A priest holds palms on Palm Sunday.

50-year-old Fr. Mignani, pastor of Santa Caterina Parish in Bonassola, said during his homily March 28, “if I can’t bless same-sex couples, then I won’t bless palms and olive branches either.”