Fiducia Supplicans
Pope Leo Appoints Bishop Who Backed Same-Sex Blessings
Pope Leo XIV appointed Bishop Marek Forgáč, 52, as metropolitan archbishop of Košice, Slovakia, last Thursday while accepting the resignation of Archbishop Bernard Bober and elevating the longtime auxiliary bishop ...
Cardinal Marx Reconfirmed in the Curia, Despite Challenging Rome with Homosexual Blessings
Barely two weeks after receiving Marx in audience following the letter from the 26 priests, the Pope confirms him at the head of the body that oversees the finances of ...
Algiers Cardinal: Blessing Same-Gender Couples ‘Changes Everything’
Earlier this year, a French publisher issued a book entitled Homos et cathos: L’Eglise à l’épreuve du réel (Gays and Catholics: The Church Confronts Reality), edited by Claire Bévierre and ...
German Priests To Cardinal Marx: Homosexual Blessing Guidance Creates A Loyalty Conflict
Twenty-six priests in Germany’s Archdiocese of Munich and Freising have reportedly written to Cardinal Reinhard Marx, saying that his request that they follow national guidelines on blessings has presented them ...
Parolin Avoids Speaking About Sanctions Against German Bishops for Homosexual Blessings
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, stated that it is “premature” to speak of sanctions against the German bishops who have promoted formalized blessings for same-sex ...
Vatican I and Gay Blessings Are Negotiable for the Schismatic Orthodox
The Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod announced on May 22 that it would resume theological dialogue with Rome after receiving “assurances regarding the non-blessing of same-sex couples” during the May 15 ...
Rome’s Complicity In Blessing of Homosexual Couples
The Synodal Way voted on a text to implement the blessing of "irregular" couples – divorced and remarried, cohabiting, and homosexual. The Curia sometimes reacted, but never beyond a warning ...
Woman Heading German Catholic Committee Defends Homosexual Blessings
The Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK) has defended the guidelines for blessing ceremonies for same-sex couples or other couples who cannot marry in the Church, which were developed by ...
DIALOGUE for Sodomite Supporters – EXCOMMUNICATION for Traditionalists
How is the Vatican addressing heretical German bishops who are proceeding with the formal blessing of homosexual unions? The National Catholic Reporter (NCR) today reported that Cardinal Reinhard Marx of ...
SSPX Responds To Rome’s Surrender On Homosexual Blessings
The launch of the Synodal Way, the history of which can be found on this site, immediately provoked reactions from Rome. But these rarely went beyond warnings or reprimands, leaving ...
Leo Affirms Francis’ Blessing Of Gay Couples
Leo XIV’s answer on Cardinal Reinhard Marx and homosexual blessings was a containment strategy. Asked about Marx’s decision in Munich to press forward with blessings for homosexual couples, Leo did ...
Asked About Homosexual Blessings, Leo Says Other Issues Will Take Priority
Pope Leo XIV offered more insight into where he stands on LGBT issues, telling reporters on his flight back to Rome from Equatorial Guinea that he plans to emphasize "issues ...
Leo’s Evasive Response to Marx’s Homosexual Blessings
On the return flight to Rome today, Pope Leo XIV was asked about the decision of Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich, Germany, to enforce "blessings" for homosexual couples in his ...
Cardinal Marx Expands Gay Blessings, Defying Vatican Line
Cardinal Reinhard Marx has moved decisively to normalise the blessing of same-sex couples in his Archdiocese of Munich and Freising—an intervention that lays bare the deepening doctrinal confusion at the ...
Timothy Radcliffe Annoyed by Those Who Label Him a Progressive
Dominican Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe has firmly responded to those who pigeonhole him as a “progressive,” after some conservative sectors criticized his selection to open the consistory convened by Leo XIV ...
Betrayal at the Altar: Trans Marriages and Queer Traditions in a Crumbling Church
In late January 2026 a shockwave rippled through Argentina’s Catholic community. At the Our Lady of Pompeii parish in Corrientes, a local priest (after consulting Archbishop José Adolfo Larregain) publicly ...
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 ...
Two Years After Fiducia Supplicans
On December 18, 2023, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), headed by Cardinal Fernández, published the declaration Fiducia supplicans, approved and signed by Francis. The initiative arose ...
The REAL Driving Force Behind Fiducia Supplicans
A search on the internet will provide a long list of notable converts to Catholicism. Many of these converts shared how they found the teachings of the Catholic Church to ...
Cardinal Sarah: Fiducia Supplicans ‘Threatens Unity Of The Church,’ Should Be ‘Forgotten’
Cardinal Robert Sarah has said that Pope Francis’ document allowing for same-sex “blessings” “threatens the unity of the Church” and should be “forgotten.” In a recent interview with the Italian ...
Bishop Bätzing Claims German Bishops Not On ‘Confrontational Course With Rome’
The chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference defended his country’s controversial guidelines on same-sex blessings this week, asserting that there was no contradiction with Vatican teaching, despite Pope Leo XIV’s ...
