#518: Blessings and Same-sex Couples

Reflections on *Fiducia Supplicans*

The Vatican made waves earlier this week by releasing Fiducia Supplicans,which offered “clarity” on the types of blessings that priests may offer to irregular and same-sex unions. Though Pope Francis had signaled Rome’s move in this direction earlier this year, this document expands the theology of ‘blessing’ at work beneath his comments then and offers…