A Statement from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on the Vatican’s Document Addressing Pastoral Blessings: In response to the Declaration “Fiducia supplicans” (https://press.vatican.va/…/2023/12/18/0901/01963.html…) issued by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith today, Dec. 18, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops offered the following statement from its spokesperson, Chieko Noguchi, Executive Director …