Archbishop Chaput rips confused teaching in Vatican document
December 22, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: In a remarkably severe critique of Fiducia Supplicans, Archbishop Charles Chaput writes for First Things that confusion in Church teaching is “never excusable.”
The retired Archbishop of Philadelphia characterizes the new Vatican document as “a doubleminded exercise in simultaneously affirming and undercutting Catholic teaching on the nature of blessings and their application to ‘irregular’ relationships.” He laments that the release of the document has released “a wave of confusion in the bloodstream of the Church at Christmas—a season meant for joy, but now tangled up with frustration, doubt, and conflict.”
“Over the past decade ambiguity on certain matters of Catholic doctrine and practice has become a pattern for the current pontificate,” Archbishop Chaput says. He notes that many bishops have objected to the message of Fiducia Supplicans, while others have sought to reconcile the statement with Catholic teaching. “But all such comments seek to mitigate damage already done.”
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