Pope Francis clarified his stance on offering blessings to individuals in homosexual marriages.

A clip from Francis’s interview with CBS News was released ahead of the entire 60 Minutes interview slated for Sunday. The pope clarified that he does not bless gay marriages, saying he cannot, but will bless each person in a gay marriage, as he previously announced last December.

“What I allowed is not to bless the union, that cannot be done because that is not the sacrament. I cannot. The Lord made it that way,” Francis said in Spanish through a translator. “But to bless each person, yes. The blessing is for everyone, for everyone. To bless a homosexual type union, however, goes against the given right, against the law of the church. But to bless each person, why not? The blessing is for all. Some people were scandalized by this, but why?”

The pope was asked about a previous comment when he said, “Who am I to judge? Homosexuality is not a crime.”

“No, it’s a human fact,” Francis responded, affirming his stance regarding homosexuality.

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The pope is 87 years old but said he is in good health. He has been using a wheelchair since 2022 and has performed many of the Catholic Church’s rites this year without leaving his wheelchair.

Francis is fresh from the Fratelli Tutti Foundation’s World Meeting on Human Fraternity, which was the second in its history. Fratelli Tutti translates to “we are all brothers” in Italian. It is an organization Francis started in 2021. Some 30 Nobel Prize winners were also in attendance at the meeting, along with Italian national football team head coach Luciano Spalletti, Fiat CEO Olivier Francois, and New York City Mayor Eric Adams, among other leaders.