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fiducia supplicans

‘Fiducia supplicans’: Who’s saying what?

How Catholics - and bishops - have responded to a Vatican statement on blessings

Luke Coppen
Dec 19, 2023
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Reactions are emerging around the world to Monday’s declaration from the Vatican’s doctrine office on “the possibility of blessing couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples.”

The statue of St. Peter in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City. © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.

The 5,000-word document Fiducia supplicans caused immediate controversy when it was issu…

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