InfoVaticana on the theologian named to the Theological Commission: its account of the 2021 Vatican document on blessings is accurate
Reporting Claudia Leal Luna’s appointment to the International Theological Commission, InfoVaticana recalls her 2021 criticism of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s Responsum on blessing same-sex unions. Its description of that document, its date, signatories, answer and key sentence, matches the Holy See’s published text.
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On 20 October 2026 InfoVaticana reported that the Chilean theologian Claudia Leal Luna, named the day before to the International Theological Commission, had criticised in 2021 the Vatican document declaring that the Church cannot bless same-sex unions.
What was said
Statement 1: InfoVaticana
InfoVaticana · October 20, 2026
The document she was responding to was a Responsum ad dubium dated February 22, 2021, signed by Cardinal Luis Ladaria, then prefect, and by Archbishop Giacomo Morandi, secretary, and published with the assent of Francis.
In brief: The 2021 Responsum on blessings is dated 22 February 2021, signed by Cardinal Ladaria and Archbishop Morandi, answered “negatively”, and says God “does not and cannot bless sin”.
Our verdict: AccurateThe record supports the claim as stated.
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Context
The article also quotes Leal Luna’s 2021 interview with Radio Universidad de Chile; those quotes were not checked here and are not rated.
The record
What the sources show, statement by statement.
Verifiable factcan be checked against the sources cited.TradWatch analysisis our interpretation, clearly labelled.Statement 1 · InfoVaticana
The 2021 Responsum on blessings is dated 22 February 2021, signed by Cardinal Ladaria and Archbishop Morandi, answered “negatively”, and says God “does not and cannot bless sin”.
Verifiable fact The Holy See’s text
The Responsum, published by the Holy See Press Office on 15 March 2021, answers the question “Does the Church have the power to give the blessing to unions of persons of the same sex?” with “Negative.” Its explanatory note says God “does not and cannot bless sin: he blesses sinful man, so that he may recognize that he is part of his plan of love and allow himself to be changed by him.” It is dated “the 22nd of February 2021” and signed by Cardinal Luis F. Ladaria, Prefect, and Archbishop Giacomo Morandi, Secretary (Holy See Press Office).
Source
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Official Church source
Responsum of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to a dubium regarding the blessing of the unions of persons of the same sex
Holy See Press Office · March 15, 2021
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Verifiable fact The appointment
Claudia Leal Luna is among the 24 new members of the International Theological Commission Leo XIV appointed on 19 October 2026 (Vatican News).
Source
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Official Church source
Pope Leo XIV appoints members of International Theological Commission
Vatican News · October 19, 2026
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TradWatch analysis Reporting, with a headline that takes a side
InfoVaticana’s account of the document is exact, and its wording of the key sentence is a fair translation of the official text. Its headline frames the appointment through the document’s words; whether a theologian’s past criticism should weigh on such an appointment is a matter of opinion and is not rated here.
Source
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Official Church source
Responsum of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to a dubium regarding the blessing of the unions of persons of the same sex
Holy See Press Office · March 15, 2021
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Bottom line
Accurate: the Responsum is dated 22 February 2021, signed by Ladaria and Morandi, and says God “does not and cannot bless sin”.
The original
Sources
- 2.Official Church sourceCited in statement 1
Holy See Press Office · March 15, 2021
press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2021/03/15/210315b.h…
- 3.Official Church sourceCited in statement 1
Pope Leo XIV appoints members of International Theological Commission
Vatican News · October 19, 2026
vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-10/pope-leo-xiv-appoints-members-international…
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