Tag: Fiducia supplicans
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Do Solemn Blessings need work?
NEIL XAVIER O’DONOGHUE — In light of the controversy provoked by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s Declaration Fiducia Supplicans On the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings, I don’t think anyone can deny that the theology of blessings needs more elaboration. In this sense I would like to point out a particular aspect of…
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Vatican News editorial says blessing distinction has roots in Benedict XVI
EDITOR — The precedent for distinguishing between pastoral and liturgical blessings seems to have been set by Pope Benedict XVI.
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Blessed by God … but not by the Church?
INGRID FISCHER — Can couples living in a relationship not accepted by the church receive a blessing? A tiny little signal from Rome meaning “Yes, but” could not be interpreted more differently across the churches in Europe, America and all continents. What can be said about it without uprooting the delicate seedling of hope? But…