The Vatican may make “spiritual abuse” a formalized crime in Church law, rather than merely an aggravating circumstance of other crimes. The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is forming a working group with the Dicastery for Legislative Texts with “the task of analyzing this possibility and presenting concrete proposals” on the matter, according to a paper from the doctrine office dated Nov. 22 and posted online this week.
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
Pope Francis approves blessings for gay couples
The pontiff made clear the Catholic church’s doctrine of marriage was unchanged. The grant of blessings is what is stated the Declaration “Fiducia supplicans” on the pastoral meaning of blessings, published by the Vatican and approved by Pope Francis.
