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View from the (journalistic) pew in Rome: Cardinal ‘Tucho’ Fernandez opens up on his doctrinal declarations

April 16, 2024

The Vatican press conference to introduce Dignitas Infinita was that rare thing in the history of Vatican press conferences – it was interesting. Not thanks to the document itself, which was a hodge-podge of things-we-already-knew, but because it was the first press conference given by Cardinal Victor Fernandez, known as Tucho, the new head of the Dicastery

Pope’s blessings for ‘same-sex couples’ definitively sink ecumenical dialogue with Copts

March 09, 2024

One of the most influential Oriental Orthodox Churches has suspended theological dialogue with the Catholic Church and reaffirmed its opposition to “all forms of homosexual relationships,” in the latest blow to a recent Vatican document which sets a way for blessing members of same-sex relationships. The declaration – “Fiducia Supplicans: On the Pastoral Meaning of

Letters: Fiducia Supplicans and ‘bowing to the corrupting nature of a secular world devoid of absolutes’

March 04, 2024

Fiducia Supplicans Sir – It is worrying that the Holy Father appears to question the motives of anyone who has concerns about Fiducia Supplicans and same-sex relationships. That these have been raised by a large and varied group in the Church is surely at least testimony to the fact that the document is problematic. The traditional continuum

Reaction to Fiducia in US has revealed ‘enduring animus’ to ‘LGBT persons’, says key Pope ally

February 18, 2024

ANAHEIM – One of Pope Francis’s most vocal allies in the Church hierarchy in the United States has criticised the reaction among some Catholics in the country to Fiducia Supplicans. Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego has said that while it’s fine for a priest concerned about protecting the institution of marriage to refuse to offer

Prominent clergy and scholars sign collective letter requesting Pope to retract Fiducia Supplicans

February 15, 2024

A collective letter entitled “Filial Appeal” has gained the signatures of around 90 prominent clergymen, intellectuals and authors around the world and has been submitted to the Vatican requesting the retraction of Fiducia Supplicans and its direction on the blessings of same-sex couples. The letter, originally published on 2 February 2024, addresses senior prelates around

African cardinal says Fiducia Supplicans has ‘damaged’ synodal process

January 30, 2024

ROME – An Africa cardinal who recently led the continent’s bishops in rejecting blessings for same-sex couples has now taken to task the timing of the Vatican document that opened the door to such a move, calling it “damaging” to the synodal process convened by Pope Francis. Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu of Kinshasa in the

Could the benefits of married Catholic clergy outweigh the costs?

January 23, 2024

Once in a while the spectre – as it is often made out to be – of allowing married priests to be ordained into the Catholic Church rears its head. We seem to be at one of those juntures again, with the Archbishop of Malta having suggested recently that it is time to end celibacy

French Bishops’ Conference backs Fiducia Supplicans and its ‘generosity’

January 11, 2024

ROME – Days after nine French prelates announced they would not authorise to blessings to same-sex couples as requested by the recent Vatican declaration Fiducia Supplicans, the Permanent Council of the French Bishops’ Conference has said instead that such blessings should be given as a sign of “unconditional and merciful welcome”. In a statement dated 10