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.’
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Copts Halt Ecumenical Talks Over Rome’s ‘Change of Position’ on Homosexuality
Coptic leaders said their church believes in human rights and freedoms but that these freedoms must not be used to ‘violate the laws of the Creator.’
Orthodox and Catholic Prelates in Russia Sharply Criticize ‘Fiducia Supplicans’
The Russian Orthodox Biblical-Theological Commission and the Conference of Catholic Bishops in Russia were the latest to weigh in on the controversial document.
‘Non-Liturgical’ Blessings Do Not Exist
A recent Vatican News article used a 2000 instruction by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to justify the blessing of irregular couples.
‘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.
Cardinal Müller: Efforts to Explain ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ Add to Confusion Over Document
Cardinal Müller lamented that as a consequence of the declaration, ‘nobody is speaking about the blessing of marriage, of children, of the family,’ which is ‘our duty,’ and ‘not to divide the Church.’
Reset Saturday at the Vatican
COMMENTARY: Cardinal Fernández’s clarification of ‘Fiducia Supplicans,’ the Pope’s solidarity with the Jewish people, and the lack of priests at the Synod on Synodality were addressed by the Holy See last week.
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.’
Our Lady of Lourdes, and the Church in Africa (Feb. 3)
On this week’s Register Radio, CNA Rome correspondent Courtney Mares in Rome talks about her recent trip to Lourdes, and Register senior editor Jonathan Liedl talks about his article on Africa and same-sex blessings, ‘The Congo Flows Into the Tiber.’
‘The Congo Flows into the Tiber’: The Catholic Church in Africa’s Influence Is Growing — But Is Vatican Leadership Ready for It?
ANALYSIS: The Same-Sex Blessings Controversy Sends Mixed Signals About Africa’s Importance
