Right Now with Ralph Martin

176 :: Same Sex Blessings: Clarity in the Confusion

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There is a great deal of confusion and controversy in the Church right now concerning the issue of same sex blessings. Whole bishops’ conferences have said they will not implement them. Ralph offers some thoughts on how we got here and how we can keep clear in the midst of the confusion.

Mentioned documents and articles:

  • Declaration Fiducia Supplicans | On the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20231218_fiducia-supplicans_en.html
  • Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith Press Release Concerning the Reception of Fiducia Supplicans: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20240104_comunicato-fiducia-supplicans_en.html
  • 'Fiducia supplicans' is ‘self-contradictory' by Cardinal Gerhard Müller: https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/muller-fiducia-supplicans-is-self
  • Declaration of the Bishops of Cameroon on Homosexuality and the Blessing of "Homosexual Couples": https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ln6i9lwTCMIv5VBmBD6N1UxEUYlmP8Pn/view
  • Email to parishioners from Monsignor Charles Pope: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/msgr-pope-informs-dc-parishioners-he-will-not-bless-couples-in-same-sex-or-irregular-unions/
  • Papal Power and the Obedience of the Faithful by Archbishop Charles Chaput: https://whatweneednow.substack.com/p/papal-power-and-the-obedience-of

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