There Is Absolutely NOTHING Good In Fiducia Supplicans

This is a supplemental follow-up to my 2/28/2024 Catholic365 article The Unconscionable Pastoral Malpractice of Fiducia Supplicans

It continues to amaze and sadden me to see the gullibility of many people who defend Fiducia Supplicans and accept at face value the bogus claims within the document and those made elsewhere by Cardinal Fernandez and others that the document and what it authorizes ‘do not violate Church teaching on marriage, nor does the document tacitly accept in any way same sex couples living together in a Satanic mockery of true marriage between a man and a woman.’

The gullibility regarding Fiducia Supplicans comes in many forms.

Some people actually claim that because the document and Fernandez make statements that it does not do X, therefore it doesn’t do X despite the reality that stands in stark contrast to the claims.

Others claim that the document is ambiguous in part, and so all it needs is some additional clarifications and it will be just fine.

Still others gullibly emphasize that since the document ‘makes very clear’ that such a blessing of people in ‘irregular unions cannot be joined to any sort of ritual’ or take place in a formal Church setting…in order to avoid possibly confusing people about what the Church teaches regarding marriage, that, too, makes it a legitimate action. Alas, this red herring fools many who obtusely accept the notion that since these blessings are not to take place in a more formal Church setting, this makes them okay or at least more acceptable.

But I don’t care nor should anyone else care if the blessings take place in a closet (as ironic as that might be) or anywhere else in the universe. It is the blessing itself in any setting that is the most serious problem because it does in fact do what defenders of the document obtusely claim it does not do: it blesses the couple who come for the blessing precisely as an active same sex couple and not as two individuals who are just pals stopping by for a blessing as individuals.

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