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fiducia supplicans

‘One step forward?’ — How some American Catholics experience ‘Fiducia supplicans’

'I think I have a reputation for meeting people where they’re at.'

Eve Tushnet
Feb 08, 2024
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Simon Cereno had been expecting a normal, if not a quiet, Christmas with his large Italian-American family. 

But on December 18, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released Fiducia supplicans, and headlines like “POPE APPROVES SAME-SEX BLESSINGS” started scrolling across TVs and social media feeds. 

St. Dominic’s Parish, San Francisco, California…

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