One Year Later, Vatican Document on Same-Sex Blessings Not Causing Much of a Stir
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ in December 2023.
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Chaldean Bishops Reject Blessing of Same-Sex Unions
The July 16 statement clarified the position of the Chaldean Church ‘regarding the union of two people of the same sex.’
Assessing ‘Fiducia Supplicans’: The First 100 Days
ANALYSIS: Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, called the document in a March 17 interview a form of ‘cultural colonization.’
‘Fiducia Supplicans’: Unequivocal Leadership Needed to Manage Fallout
EDITORIAL: The continuing confusion over the Vatican’s Dec. 18 document is recent evidence of this phenomenon.
Prioritize Marriage, Not Same-Sex Blessings
EDITORIAL: The Church must make the perpetual renewal of marriage one of its central evangelical and pastoral priorities.
90 Catholic Priests, Scholars Ask Church Leaders to Oppose Same-Sex Blessings
‘Filial appeal’ letter says that the attempt to create a distinction between liturgical and pastoral blessings is ‘impossible.’
Pope Francis and the Return of the ‘Suprema’
ANALYSIS: Only one visible presence has remained close to Pope Francis throughout the pontificate — Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández.
Pope Francis: Small Ideological Groups Oppose Same-Sex Blessings; Africa a ‘Special Case’
‘In the Church, there have always been small groups that manifest reflections of a schismatic nature,’ the Pope said. ‘One must let them carry on and pass away... and look ahead.’
Pope Francis: Blessings Don’t Require ‘Moral Perfection’
Pope Francis on Friday clarified the Vatican’s position on same-sex blessings, affirming the recent declaration. The Holy Father also turned his attention to the guiding principle of human dignity.
‘An Icon of the Trinity’: Fighting Transgenderism for the Fate of the Domestic Church
This attack on the traditional family and the mockery of it is outlined in a recent book by Bursch that delves deeply into his own experience inside the courtroom while assessing this ongoing war wrought on by secular culture.
