Regensburg Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer has confirmed that the members of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith were “not involved” in the drafting of the document Fiducia supplicans , “which was also criticized at the last plenary assembly”.
The document explicitly allows “blessings of couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples” under certain circumstances. In an interview with the Regensburger Bistumsblatt (current issue), Voderholzer emphasized that he “stands behind this text, which provides a remarkable and innovative teaching on ‘blessing’ and allows something that was never forbidden.”