The ‘spirit’ of ‘Fiducia supplicans’

A new Vatican document will be the subject of global Catholic debate - both as a text, and as a symbol.

The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on Monday released a document on same-sex blessings that has been widely anticipated since the July appointment of Cardinal Victor Fernandez as the dicastery’s prefect.

Pope Francis and DDF prefect Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez. Credit: Vatican Media.

The document allowed for the possibility of “spo…