ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 21, 2023 / 18:15 pm
The bishop of Orihuela-Alicante in Spain, José Ignacio Munilla, has elaborated on his response to the Vatican declaration Fiducia Supplicans on the blessing of couples in irregular unions.
In an interview with the online forum Religion in Freedom, the prelate pointed out that the text signed by the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and Pope Francis “does not affirm anything that is against the faith of the Church.”
Asked if he was surprised by the publication of the declaration, Munilla said: “I would have expected another way of approaching the subject. I believe that a mistake has been made by not consulting the entire episcopate, especially when pastoral reasons are alleged in the declaration.”
The prelate cited the example of then-prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, “who supervised the drafting of the Catechism of the Catholic Church in continuous consultation with the episcopacy of the entire world.”