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Doctrinal declaration opens possibility of blessing couples in irregular situations — Vatican News
- Key
- fiducia-supplicans-2023
- Authors
- Vatican News
- Issued
- 2023-12-18
- Type
- article-newspaper
- Publisher
- Vatican News
Raw CSL JSON
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"note": "Vatican News official summary of Fiducia Supplicans; published same day as the declaration",
"type": "article-newspaper",
"title": "Doctrinal declaration opens possibility of blessing couples in irregular situations",
"author": [
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"issued": {
"date-parts": [
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2023,
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18
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"publisher": "Vatican News"
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Claims
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Fiducia Supplicans, issued December 18, 2023 and approved by Pope Francis, permitted Catholic priests to give informal pastoral blessings to same-sex couples without any liturgical rite or implication of marriage approval.
"it will be possible to bless same-sex couples but without any type of ritualization or offering the impression of a marriage. The doctrine regarding marriage does not change, and the blessing does not signify approval of the union."
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