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

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

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…