‘Accommodation’ or ‘evangelization?’ What accounts for regional differences on 'Fiducia supplicans'?

Could history, demography, and even business principles impact how bishops respond to a controversial Vatican document?

The Vatican’s Monday publication of Fiducia supplicans has revealed what appear to be significant divisions within the Church and its bishops, many of which have come to the fore in recent days. 

Priests pictured at World Youth Day’s opening Mass in Lisbon’s Eduardo VII Park on Aug. 1, 2023. Credit: Filipe D’Avillez/Pillar Media.

The divisions point to di…