Many readers agreed with the editors that “Fiducia Supplicans” allows the church to accompany all people who seek God's blessing, but others were skeptical about the declaration’s efficacy and impact on church unity.

Journalist and author Michael O’Loughlin, the national correspondent at America Media, has been appointed the first executive director of Outreach.

“Fellow Travelers” is a broad and intimate depiction of late 20th century gay life and the events that shaped it.

The spokesperson for the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference said that the conference “has taken a slightly different stand from the rest of Africa” on the Vatican declaration “Fiducia Supplicans.”

The controversy over blessing gay couples is just another example of synodality at work, according to Sr. Nathalie Becquart.

Pope Francis sought to clarify the declaration on blessings of couples in “irregular situations” in his address today to the plenary assembly of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.