The Problem of Blessing Same-Sex Couples and Its Consequences for the Doctrine and Life of the Catholic Church
Fiducia Supplicans deeply and detrimentally affects the Catholic Church as a whole, as well as local Catholic communities.
The Anti-Ecumenism of Pope Francis
Fiducia Supplicans causes the Coptic Orthodox to suspend their ecumenical dialogue with Rome, citing the declaration’s change to the Catholic Church’s position on homosexuality.
Fiducia Supplicans Strikes Again
Fiducia Supplicans exposed deep divisions within the Catholic Church, and now it is reaching its tentacles beyond the Church to scuttle attempts at union with non-Catholic churches.
Mercy and Truth in Fiducia Supplicans
The aspiration of Fiducia Supplicans is for the truth about marriage to be united with mercy toward sinners. Was it successful in achieving that goal?
Courage at What Cost?
What is it about our bishops that keeps them so supine? Are there not any around willing to talk back to Rome?
I’m Grateful a Priest Never Blessed My Same-Sex Marriage (or My Irregular One)
I got marriage wrong, twice. Here’s why I’m grateful a priest never blessed me for being in that state.
Filial Appeal to All Cardinals and Bishops of the Catholic Church
We ask all Cardinals and Bishops of the Catholic Church to forbid the application of Fiducia Supplicans in their dioceses.
Fiducia Supplicans: A Crisis of Trust
The current reactions to Fiducia Supplicans constitute an outbreak of a crisis of trust toward the Holy See that has been lingering for years.
The Good News About Fiducia Supplicans
Fiducia Supplicans does, as Cardinal Fernández and Pope Francis hoped it would, provide clarity; it just isn’t the clarity they wanted.
The Homo-Prosperity Gospel
I contend that the Prosperity Gospel and the Gospel of Same-Sex Blessings are of the same ilk and take their inspiration from the same source.
A Clarification That Obfuscates
In many ways, the clarification published by Cardinal Fernández is even worse than the original document it purports to clarify, Fiducia Supplicans.
It Is Not Good for Some Couples to Be Alone
The upshot is that two boys or two girls should not be a couple at all because that exclusivity is not what friendship is for; it is, in fact, an obstacle to the full flourishing of friendship.
My Advice? Step Down
The Church, which has always stood for sanity, may have to ask the Pope to step down in order to make things sane again.
The Poisonous Fruit of Amoris Laetitia
Fiducia Supplicans directly flows from principles and premises articulated in the apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia.
2023: The Year Pope Francis Went Too Far?
A year that began with the death of Pope Benedict XVI ended with an open revolt against Pope Francis. After a decade of “making a mess,” it appears even the bishops are tired of the constant battles and controversies of this pontificate.
From Satan to the Sanction: What’s Wrong with Fiducia Supplicans
The idea that blessings may be given without requiring anything from those upon whom the blessings are bestowed is the epitome of what Dietrich Bonhoeffer characterized as “cheap grace.”
The Doctrine That Doesn’t Matter Remains Unchanged
A former Episcopalian priest reflects on the Vatican’s allowance of pastoral blessings for same-sex couples.
What Is a Couple?
The only way to make Fiducia Supplicans orthodoxish is to pretend that two words that mean the same thing when used in the same context do not mean the same thing when used in the same context.