Fiducia Supplicans
WATCH: Fr. Kirby – I Will Not Be Blessing Couples In Irregular Unions
Father Kirby, pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish, Indian Land, South Carolina, offers a reflection on Fiducia Supplicans. Please pray for our faithful priests that they will be protected ...
What Is A “Couple”?
In my recent article on the controversy over Fiducia Supplicans, I noted three problems with the document’s qualified permission of blessings for “couples” of a same-sex or other “irregular” kind. ...
Two Commentaries by Two Prominent Priests on Fiducia Supplicans
Twenty Questions for Cardinal Fernández (and Pope Francis?) Fr. Raymond J. de Souza Earlier this year, Cardinal Daniel Sturla, Archbishop of Montevideo, and Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, then the Archbishop ...
Francis Under Fire from Black Christians
Pope Francis has met with stiff opposition from black Christian leaders after approving the blessing of gay couples. “We, your black Pentecostal brothers in the United States, standing in solidarity ...
Marquette Bishop Says Fiducia Supplicans Blessings Must be Done in Private
Statement on Fiducia Supplicans December 21, 2023 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, On Monday, December 18, 2023, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome issued a ...
Bootlicker Cardinal Says Same-Sex Blessings a ‘Natural’ for India
India’s most senior Catholic cardinal and a close advisor to Pope Francis has said the Fiducia Supplicans, a controversial new Vatican text approving non-liturgical blessings for same-sex unions, is a ...
Bishop of Togo Direct Priests to Refrain from Performing Same-Sex Blessings
CLARIFICATION OF THE CONFERENCE OF BISHOPS OF TOGO FOLLOWING THE PUBLICATION OF THE DECLARATION FIDUCIA SUPPLICANS ON THE PASTORAL MEANING OF BLESSINGS The Bishops of Togo have followed closely the ...
If Dioceses Can Opt-Out of Fiducia Supplians, Why Hasn’t Your Bishop?
The Vatican’s doctrinal office head on Thursday appeared to provide an “out” for clerics not on board with its declaration last week that priests can bless individuals in “irregular” relationships, ...
Fiducia Supplicans Latest Piece of Francis’ New Paradigm
The 'ecclesial civil war' provoked by the declaration Fiducia supplicans can be understood in its internal dynamics by going back to the concept of the 'new paradigm' applied to Francis' ...
Fiducia Supplicans: One of the Poisonous Fruits of Amoris Laetitia
In his magisterial history The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon identified the loss of civic virtue as the “secret poison” that undermined this sprawling global empire ...
Ivory Coast Bishops Conference Asks Priests to Refrain from Blessing Same-Sex Couples
”We your Archbishops and Bishops, your spiritual guides of the Catholic Church in Côte d’Ivoire, reaffirm our attachment to the values of the family, of the sacrament of marriage between ...
South Dakota Bishops Warn ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ May Normalize Serious Sin
Letter on Fiducia Supplicans, December 22, 2023 Friday of the Third Week of Advent Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, We have received a number of inquiries from the faithful ...
WATCH: Nigerian Cardinal – “We Cannot Bless Sin”
Rev. Fr. George Ehusani in Reflections with John Cardinal Onaiyekan on "WE CANNOT BLESS SINFUL UNIONS." @ the Studio of Lux Terra Leadership Foundation Abuja, Nigeria ...
Argentinian Catholic Lawyers Association Ask Pope to Revoke Fiducia Supplians
ARGENTINIAN CATHOLIC LAWYERS CORPORATION PETITION TO THE HOLY FATHER FOR LOVE OF THE TRUTH AND IN FIDELITY TO THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST The Catholic Lawyers Corporation of ...
Bishop of Wote Reject Pope’s Stance on Blessing Same-Sex Couples
Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru of the Catholic Diocese of Wote has barred priests in the diocese from blessing same-sex couples in defiance of Pope Francis’ call to priests to bless ...
A Sign from Heaven in Bergoglio’s Buenos Aires?
On Pope Francis' birthday, Sunday December 17, 2023, and the day before the release of Fiducia Supplicans, a lightning bolt deprived a statue of St. Peter of his key, halo ...
“Fiducia Supplicans” and the Upcoming Conclave
The promulgation of the Declaration of the Doctrine for the Faith Fiducia supplicans on Dec. 18, 2023 and the reactions that followed it offer us a possible key to the ...
Bishops of Angola and São Tomé: No Blessings To Be Given To “Irregular Couples”
The bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (CEAST) have expressed “perplexity” about blessings to “irregular couples” and have determined that they should not be carried out ...
Uruguayan Cardinal: Same-Sex Blessings Are “Not Licit”
“It is c to impart a blessing on relationships, or partnerships, even stable, that involve sexual activity outside of marriage.” Cardinal Daniel Sturla, archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay, said in a ...
The Pope, Same-Sex Blessings, and Protestants
The confusion surrounding the pope’s recent statement Fiducia Supplicans, a document that is ambiguous about whether Catholic clergy can bless those in same-sex relationships, says much about the times in ...
What’s Wrong with Fiducia Supplicans?
The idea that blessings may be given without requiring anything from those upon whom the blessings are bestowed is the epitome of what Dietrich Bonhoeffer characterized as “cheap grace." Fiducia ...
