Pope Leo XIV has not revoked Fiducia Supplicans. Nor, it seems, does he wish the Church’s unity to be consumed by the question of same-sex blessings. But his recent comments aboard the papal plane may still prove significant. They suggest not a juridical cancellation of Pooe Francis' controversial 2023 declaration, but a definite narrowing of its practical interpretation.
Asked about the blessing of same-sex couples, and specifically about attempts in Germany to produce more formalised guides for such blessings, Leo said the Vatican had already made clear its disagreement with anything going beyond what Pope Francis had allowed. He described that permission in strikingly limited terms: “All people receive blessings.” He added that to go further “can cause more disunity than unity”, and urged Catholics to build unity on Jesus Christ and His teaching.
