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Pope Francis sits quietly during a meeting with students at the Portuguese Catholic University in Lisbon, Portugal, on Aug. 3, 2023. (Image: Vatican Media)

By Christopher R. Altieri, Catholic World Report, Dec. 20, 2023

Christopher R. Altieri is a journalist, editor and author of three books, including Reading the News Without Losing Your Faith (Catholic Truth Society, 2021). He is contributing editor to Catholic World Report.

Pope Francis has turned the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith into a personal tool for the unilateral implementation of personal papal agenda items, often without any apparent regard for anyone else in the Church.

The first full news cycle after the Vatican released a declaration allowing pastors to offer blessings for couples in irregular situations was filled with predictable handwringing, improbable popesplaining, and yet another round of doomsaying, mostly from the usual suspects.

The declaration, Fiducia supplicans, is a 5,000-word document explaining “the possibility of blessing couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples without officially validating their status or changing in any way the Church’s perennial teaching on marriage.” …

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Declaration Gives Cover to Blessing “Same-Sex Couples”, But Can it Be Enforced? by Christopher R. Altieri

On the Public Meaning of Priestly Blessings, by Michael Pakaluk

Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation: Joyful Anticipation of the Messiah

By Christopher R. Altieri, Catholic World Report, Dec. 20, 2023

Pope Francis has turned the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith into a personal tool for the unilateral implementation of personal papal agenda items, often without any apparent regard for anyone else in the Church.

The first full news cycle after the Vatican released a declaration allowing pastors to offer blessings for couples in irregular situations was filled with predictable handwringing, improbable popesplaining, and yet another round of doomsaying, mostly from the usual suspects.

The declaration, Fiducia supplicans, is a 5,000-word document explaining “the possibility of blessing couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples without officially validating their status or changing in any way the Church’s perennial teaching on marriage.” …

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