Vatican doctrine czar visits Cairo to mend fallout over Fiducia

ROME – After the Coptic Church in Egypt earlier this year severed dialogue with the Vatican over its controversial declaration approving blessings for those in same-sex unions, the pope’s doctrine czar has traveled to Cairo an in attempt to smooth things over.

Argentine Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, head of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), this week traveled to Cairo, where he held a May 22 meeting with Pope Tawadros II, head of the Coptic Orthodox Church.