Cardinal Müller rips ‘unprecedented’ Vatican stand on same-sex blessings
December 21, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the former prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, has said that there is “no precedent in the teaching of the Catholic Church” for the Vatican document Fiducia Supplicans.
The German prelate said that “what we see is not a development but a doctrinal leap.” While the Church can add or alter sacramentals such as blessings, he said, “she cannot change their meaning in such a way as to trivialize sin.”
Noting that the Vatican document gives new interpretations of the term “blessing,” the cardinal says “it is hazardous to invent new terms that go against the traditional usage of language.”
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