Many Ugandan Catholics oppose Pope Francis’ approval of same-sex blessings. LGBTQ Ugandans have fled to neighboring countries to escape homophobia.
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Podcast: A parish priest’s approach to blessings for same-sex couples
This week on “Jesuitical,” Father Alex Santora, a pastor in Hoboken, N.J., joins Zac and Ashley to explain how “Fiducia Supplicans” is being received in his parish.
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Blessings and backlash: A conversation on ‘Fiducia Supplicans’
In this roundtable episode of “Inside the Vatican,” hosts Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell, and America national correspondent Michael J. O’Loughlin dive into the reactions to “Fiducia Supplicans,” the Vatican’s declaration on same-sex blessings.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
The Editors: Vatican document on same-sex blessings does not confuse church teaching—it deepens it
How can the church unite clarity of teaching with pastoral closeness to people in their struggles?
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Bishop Bonnar: Pope Francis’ vision of Gospel joy is key to understanding ‘Fiducia Supplicans’
‘Fiducia Supplicans’ does not alter church teaching on marriage, but it does encourage pastors to accompany others on their journeys in new ways that are simpatico with the pastoral vision of Pope Francis.
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African bishops, with Pope Francis’ agreement, declare ‘No blessing for homosexual couples’
Reaffirming their fidelity to the pope and the Gospel, Catholic bishops in Africa have released a common response to a recent Vatican declaration, saying they “generally prefer” not to offer blessings to same-sex couples.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
How Pope Francis reconciled church teaching with blessings for same-sex couples
With “Fiducia Supplicans,” Pope Francis turns the church’s attention to the pastoral needs of same-sex couples. We can chart this development over the past two years.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Vatican publishes defense of same-sex blessings document in rebuke to critics
“We will all have to become accustomed to accepting the fact that if a priest gives this type of simple blessing, he is not a heretic,” a new press release from the Vatican’s doctrine office states.
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Vatican decree on blessing same-sex couples gets mixed responses from bishops in Europe and Africa
Global reaction among bishops to the Vatican’s declaration that priests may now bless same-sex couples appears most divergent in some European and African nations.
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US bishops, LGBT Catholics react to Vatican approval of blessings for same-sex couples
Some Catholics see the Vatican declaration as a step forward for L.G.B.T. people in the church. Others are worried about the possibility of schism.