The Vatican announced on Monday that it has approved blessings for same-sex couples, although it emphasized that these blessings should not be regarded as a Catholic sacrament and should not be associated with civil unions or weddings. In a document endorsed by Pope Francis, the Vatican supported “the possibility of blessings for couples in non-traditional…

“To ignore the Blue Economy in Bayelsa would be to ignore Bayelsa itself. That is why, following the initiative of the Federal Government, Bayelsa is not merely a state with a bespoke ministry, we are a national model for how to institutionalise and mainstream the Blue Economy at the sub-national level.”