Cardinal: Fiducia Supplicans is Contrary to the Church's Teaching
The idea of "pastoral blessings" that are "not liturgical" is a novelty that has no basis in Scripture, the Holy Fathers, the Magisterium [and reality].
The fact that it is a priest, representing Christ, who blesses, makes this "pastoral blessing" a liturgical act.
Every blessing, whatever its solemnity, implies the approval of that which is blessed.
The question isn't practical or dependent on the "sensibilities" of different regions, but touches on both natural law and the evangelical affirmation of the sacredness of the body, which is no different in Malawi than in Germany.
No matter how much one repeats that one is not blessing "the union", that is exactly what one is doing through the objectivity of the rite being performed.
The text of Fiducia Supplicans contains statements which are contrary to the teaching of the Church, and accepting Fiducia Supplicans leads to heresy.
Why would homosexuals want to be blessed together if not because they want God's approval of their concubinage? So to bless them together is to confirm them in their sin and thus to alienate them from God.
Until the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith [= Francis] corrects this text by clarifying that the blessing cannot be given to a couple, but only to each person individually, the Dicastery is approving statements that are contrary to the profession of faith.
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