Fiducia Supplicans
Who Would Choose to be a Catholic at a Time Like This?
The phoney war is over. Civil war has been launched within the Church by Pope Francis and his recent appointee Cardinal Victor Fernandez. Many of the recent theological and political ...
Malawi Bishops Forbid ‘Blessings’ of Homosexual Unions
The Episcopal Conference of Malawi issued a directive on Tuesday forbidding the blessing of same-sex unions in the wake of confusion over a Vatican declaration allowing blessings “for couples of ...
The Pope and the Black Hole
In a by now familiar sequence of events, the Vatican released a document on Monday which caused instant confusion. “Pope says Roman Catholic priests can bless same-sex couples,” the headlines ...
Archdiocese of Kazakhstan Bans ‘Blessing’ of Homosexual Couples
The Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana, Kazakhstan, in conjunction with Saint Mary’s Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider, have banned priests in the archdiocese from accepting or ...
The Great Bergoglio Train Wreck
The moral teaching of the Church, especially on matters sexual, is undercut directly in Fiducia Supplicans, and that is not an accident. The latest document from the Dicastery for the ...
WATCH: Bishop Athanasius Schneider Says Blessing of Same-Sex Unions is ‘An Abomination’
Bishop Athanasius Schneider sits down with John-Henry Westen in Rome to critically examine Pope Francis’ disastrous impact on Catholic doctrine. Bishop Schneider provides a how-to guide on demanding from bishops ...
Pope Francis Opens Door to Blessings of Same-Sex Couples and Persecution of the Church
Today I got one of those emails nobody wants to receive. You know, the ones where a journalist informs you that the leader of your church has authoritatively endorsed grave, ...
Marco Tosatti: The Head of the Serpent
After the death of Benedict XVI, the difficult coexistence of the two popes in the Vatican ended, the way was finally clear for the reforms, the real ones, so long ...
Dr. Peter Kwasniewski: Popesplainers Will Have to Face Almighty God
Dr. Peter Kwasniewski had some words of warning for Catholic Bishops who are trying to explain away the significance of Fiducia Supplicans. In a series of Tweets, Dr. Kwasniewski stated: ...
Fr. Thomas Weinandy: God’s Blessings and Magisterial Teaching
Yesterday, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, published a Declaration, with the signed approval of Pope Francis, entitled Fiducia Supplicans, “On the ...
Fiducia Supplicans: Statement from the Superior General of the SSPX
We are dismayed by the declaration Fiducia supplicans of the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, on the question of blessings for “couples in an irregular ...
The Verdict When a Judge Refuses to Recuse Himself
In November of 2018, Tyler Bishop Joseph Strickland brought up the topic of homosexuality with his brother bishops at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) meeting. He said, ...
Breaking Down Fiducia Supplicans
Yesterday the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith under Cardinal Víctor Fernández, and with the approval of Pope Francis, released Fiducia Supplicans, which gives explicit approval for priests to ...
WATCH: Robert Royal and Fr. Gerald Murray Weigh-In on Same-Sex Blessing
Robert Royal and Fr. Gerald Murray discuss a new document — Fiducia supplicans — that came out today from the Dicastery on the Doctrine of the Faith, and approved by ...
A Vatican Document That Undermines Itself
True, today’s declaration from the Vatican does not change Church teaching. Fiducia Supplicans earnestly insists on a distinction between giving a blessing to a homosexual couple and blessing their relationship ...
Fr. James Martin Announces He Will Bless His ‘Friends in Same-Sex Unions’ after Pope’s New Text
Prominently pro-LGBT Father James Martin, SJ has become the first American cleric to publicly announce that he will offer blessings to same-sex couples, writing just minutes after the publication of ...
WATCH: Bishop Strickland Urges Brother Bishops to Say ‘NO’ to Francis’ ‘Blessings’ of Homosexual Couples
The recently canceled Bishop of Tyler, Texas, His Excellency Joseph Strickland, is calling on Catholic bishops to resist Fiducia Supplicans, a document released earlier today by Pope Francis in conjunction ...
Bergoglio Formally Approves the Blessing of Sin
Today the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a declaration entitled "Fiducia Supplicans" which officially opens the door to the blessing of homosexual unions. In its official ...
Same-Sex Blessings as Superstitions
This summer, my husband and I had the great pleasure of witnessing two of our three sons marry. As I scrambled to help my oldest son gather his sacramental documentation ...
Cardinal Zen Calls Pope Francis’ ‘Dubia’ Response on Same-Sex Blessings ‘Pastorally Untenable’
Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun has criticized some of Pope Francis’ responses to five dubia that he and four other cardinals sent him ahead of the Synod on Synodality, saying among ...
Understanding Pope Francis’ Response to Same-Sex Union Blessings
In July 12, 2013, Pope Francis told a group of young people, “make a ruckus, but do a good job of it!” The next day, July 13—World Youth Day—he told ...
