‘Fiducia supplicans’: What does it say?

What did the Vatican actually say about blessing 'same-sex couples'?

The Vatican’s doctrinal office issued a declaration Monday addressing “the possibility of blessing couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples.”

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, pictured Sept. 30, 2023. © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.

In a preamble to the 5,000-word document Fiducia supplicans, issue…