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NEW YORK – A synthesis report on synod listening sessions conducted during the current interim period in the Diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky, shared that priests and laity expressed frustration about a lack of clarity from Pope Francis, specifically in regards to Fiducia Supplicans.
“[The frustration] was generally related to Fiducia Supplicans and the confusion and consternation it caused among the faithful regarding what was perceived to be an approval for the blessing of same sex unions,” Bishop William Medley of Owensboro wrote in the synthesis report.
Published December 18, 2023, Fiducia Supplicans is a Vatican document that outlines the pastoral grounds for same-sex blessings. The declaration upholds the sacrament of marriage as between a man and a woman, while also holding that pastors can, when asked, provide a simple blessing to couples in irregular situations and to same-sex couples.
Fiducia Supplicans didn’t exist through the early stages of the Synod on Synodality, which concludes at the end of October, therefore its publication adds another layer to the conversations.
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“[The frustration] was generally related to Fiducia Supplicans and the confusion and consternation it caused among the faithful regarding what was perceived to be an approval for the blessing of same sex unions,” Bishop William Medley of Owensboro wrote in the synthesis report.
Published December 18, 2023, Fiducia Supplicans is a Vatican document that outlines the pastoral grounds for same-sex blessings. The declaration upholds the sacrament of marriage as between a man and a woman, while also holding that pastors can, when asked, provide a simple blessing to couples in irregular situations and to same-sex couples.
Fiducia Supplicans didn’t exist through the early stages of the Synod on Synodality, which concludes at the end of October, therefore its publication adds another layer to the conversations.
Continued below.
Kentucky Catholics say Pope Francis can be ‘ambiguous’ in his teaching
A synthesis report on synod listening sessions conducted during the current interim period in the Diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky, shared that priests and laity expressed frustration about a lack of clarity from Pope Francis.
