Marx’s Forbidden Blessing & SSPX Schism – Leo XIV’s First Test | David L. Gray in the Morning
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Today on David L. Gray in the Morning, we open with the Saints of the Day—Popes Soter and Caius—early shepherds who held the Church together through persecution, reminding us that fidelity is forged in crisis. In the First Reading (Acts 8:1‑8), we reflect on how adversity reveals divine constancy: when evil seems strongest, God shows Himself unchanging and victorious.
Our top story breaks from Germany, where Cardinal Reinhard Marx has issued new diocesan guidance that effectively creates a structured blessing rite for same‑sex and divorced‑and‑remarried couples—directly contradicting the Vatican’s norms in Fiducia Supplicans. We unpack what Fiducia Supplicans actually teaches, why it drew opposition from both traditionalists and African bishops, and how Marx’s move openly disregards its limits.
This becomes the first major test for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith under Pope Leo XIV. How Rome responds will shape the Church’s unity, discipline, and doctrinal clarity in the months ahead.
