Cardinal Fernández battles to fix rift with Copts over gay blessings document

The December declaration, Fiducia supplicans, prompted the Coptic Orthodox Church to sever ecumenical dialogue with the Catholic Church. Argentine Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, has traveled to Cairo for a meeting with Pope Tawadros II, in hopes of repairing the rift.