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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Prudence and Symbolic Ambiguity
If you knew that the person was going to misunderstand your blessing, would it be right to let him or her be in vincible ignorance?
Let’s be honest about Pope Francis and blessing same-sex couples
The new Vatican document approving the blessing of same-sex couples has caused a lot of controversy in the Catholic world, and sadly, many Catholics are not being forthright about what the document says.
Breaking Down Fiducia Supplicans
The Vatican’s approval of blessings for same-sex couples and couples in “irregular situations” reflects a divorce between morality & pastoral practice, liturgy & life, and orthodoxy & orthopraxy.
Blessing a Sterile Parody
Same-sex unions are not even unions, only a parody, both sad and sterile, of a relation that is not real.
Understanding Pope Francis’ Response to Same-Sex Union Blessings
Should the Church allow same-sex unions to be blessed it would be an empty mercy—a mercy that cannot save because it is a “mercy” divorced from the truth of Christ.