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A former consulter to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has said he believes that because Fiducia Supplicans “does not belong to the authentic Magisterium,” it is not binding and so “one cannot even adhere to it with religious assent of will and intellect.”
He has also called for the resignation or dismissal of its principal author, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, as “suspicion of ignorance and bad faith will weigh on [him] in any document he signs later.”
In a Jan. 18 interview with this site, Father Nicola Bux, a respected theologian and friend of the late Pope Benedict XVI, discussed the fallout following the publication of the declaration that allows same-sex blessings under certain conditions.
Fiducia Supplicans, approved by Pope Francis, was signed by Cardinal Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith, and dicastery Secretary, Msgr. Armando Matteo, and published Dec. 18.
Father Bux explains how the document has been received in Italy, what he thought of the Jan. 4 press release aimed at clarifying the declaration, and what this might all mean for the future of the Church and the next conclave.
“The drama of the Church today is the separation of the pastoral from doctrine, that is, of love from truth,” Father Bux says. “And we are paying dearly for it, as John Paul II predicted.
“Pope Francis should cancel Fiducia Supplicansand replace the prefect with a man of ‘sure, sound and pure doctrine,’ to use the Apostle’s words to Titus.”
Father Bux, what has been the general reaction to the Fiducia Supplicans in Italy – mostly contrary, in your opinion, supportive or ambivalent?
Continued below.
He has also called for the resignation or dismissal of its principal author, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, as “suspicion of ignorance and bad faith will weigh on [him] in any document he signs later.”
In a Jan. 18 interview with this site, Father Nicola Bux, a respected theologian and friend of the late Pope Benedict XVI, discussed the fallout following the publication of the declaration that allows same-sex blessings under certain conditions.
Fiducia Supplicans, approved by Pope Francis, was signed by Cardinal Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith, and dicastery Secretary, Msgr. Armando Matteo, and published Dec. 18.
Father Bux explains how the document has been received in Italy, what he thought of the Jan. 4 press release aimed at clarifying the declaration, and what this might all mean for the future of the Church and the next conclave.
“The drama of the Church today is the separation of the pastoral from doctrine, that is, of love from truth,” Father Bux says. “And we are paying dearly for it, as John Paul II predicted.
“Pope Francis should cancel Fiducia Supplicansand replace the prefect with a man of ‘sure, sound and pure doctrine,’ to use the Apostle’s words to Titus.”
Father Bux, what has been the general reaction to the Fiducia Supplicans in Italy – mostly contrary, in your opinion, supportive or ambivalent?
Continued below.
Father Bux: ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ Does Not Belong to the Authentic Magisterium, Calls on Cardinal Fernández to Resign
A former consulter to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has said he believes that because Fiducia Supplicans “does not belong to the [...]
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