Francis today issued a mess called Fiducia Supplicans - a rather verbose attempt to legitimize the blessings of same-sex shack-ups. I linked to the English version on the Vatican's website. Read it for yourselves - the whole thing. I realize it's a bit of a word salad, but that appears to be his favorite strategy - bury the poison pill in the midst of a multitude of pious-sounding platitudes.
The preface of this tome is written by none other than Cardinal "Kissy-Face" Fernandez. He yaps about the "development" of the "pastoral meaning of blessings". Notice those two words: development and pastoral. It's like they are saying that for the past 2000+ years, the Church's understanding of blessings was woefully lacking.
Then the screed mentions "irregular unions" quite a few times. Irregular? Try "mortally sinful". Paragraphs 31 and 32 mentions those who "recognize themselves to be destitute and in need of his (God's) help" and "who do not claim to be righteous but who acknowledge themselves humbly as sinners." Those people, if they are sincere, will immediately repair to the nearest confessional and receive the Sacrament of Confession with the intentions of ceasing their sexual perversions and removing themselves from the near occasion of sin - that is, their sinful situations. This is not rocket science. We learned this in second grade as we were preparing to go to Confession for the first time.
Those who persist in "popesplaining" need to consider what was said above instead of trying to fabricate some meaning out of "blessing" that justifies this tome's proposition that gay shack-ups be blessed. Another crucial lesson in moral theology is understanding the nine ways that one can cooperate in another's mortal sin, and thus share the guilt and punishment of that mortal sin. I just linked to them. This is not the first time that Francis has tried to normalize mortal sin.
The USCCB issued its own commentary regarding the FS slop. The last sentence mentions "the imparting of pastoral blessings because each of us needs God's healing love and mercy in our lives." Again, that is to be found primarily in the Sacrament of Confession. Isn't it telling that this "Fiddlefaddle Soup" screed utters not one peep about the Sacrament of Confession? It's not hard to figure out why. In order to receive God's authentic mercy, one must actually be contrite and have a firm resolve to not fall into that sin again. This "fiddle-faddle" thing is taylor-made for those who have no intention of forsaking their perversions, even if it means damnation in the next life. The perverts might not be alone in their damnation. That statement isn't a judgment, but rather a warning.
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