Cardinal Robert Sarah has given his first in-depth and public interview on Fiducia Supplicans, the controversial new document on same-sex blessings from the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) released in December.
The former Prefect for the Congregation for Divine Worship, the Vatican’s Liturgical Office now headed by former Bishop of Leeds Cardinal Arthur Roche, has spoken to the veteran Italian Vaticanista Sandro Magister at the Settimo Cielo blog, giving his reflections on the DDF’s declaration and its significant fallout in the Church and around the world.
There can be no doubt his comments constitute a firm rejection of the Vatican’s declaration, but they also reflect the dismay of many Catholics regarding the tenure, self-contradictory content and poor timing of this document.
