Peruvian Bishop Escudero Delivers Comprehensive Critique of Blessing Irregular Couples Bishop Escudero ordered his priests to not give a blessing to couples of the same sex or in an irregular situation. Monsignor Rafael Escudero is bishop of the Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba in Peru. (photo: EWTN Noticias / EWTN) Diego Lopez Marina/ACI Prensa/CNA World January 5, 2024 Issuing an energetic and thoroughgoing critique of Fiducia Supplicans , Bishop Rafael Escudero of Peru has ordered his priests to “not perform any form of blessing” for same-sex couples or couples in an irregular situation. “On the day of my episcopal ordination I solemnly swore ‘to preserve the deposit of faith in purity and integrity, in accordance with the tradition always and everywhere observed in the Church since the time of the apostles. For this reason, I admonish the priests of the Prelature of Moyobamba not to perform any form of blessing for couples in an irregular situation or for same-sex couples,” the
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