Catholic priests will now bless same-sex couples for the first time after Pope Francis formally approved the practice in a declaration released Monday. While the blessings are a sharp change in ...

Pope Francis has taken one of the most concrete steps in his efforts to make the Roman Catholic Church more welcoming to LGBTQ+ Catholics by allowing priests to bless couples in same-sex ...

Blessing gay people is nothing new to the Rev. Paul Rospond, though the Catholic Church only formally declared priests could bless same-sex couples earlier this week.. Rospond, who is chaplain of ...

The Vatican said Monday that Pope Francis had allowed priests to bless same-sex couples, his most definitive step yet to make the Roman Catholic Church more welcoming to L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics and ...

Pope Francis allows priests to bless same-sex couples 06:21. Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document released Monday explaining a radical ...

In March 2021, the church said same-sex couples could not be blessed, because “God cannot bless sin.” Francis formally approved that document, but he did not write it.

Pope Francis said Monday that he’s given the OK for Roman Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples—a radical shift in the church’s treatment of LGBTQ Catholics.. Previously, the Vatican ...

Last Sunday, Oct. 20, was the last Mass at Blessed Sacrament Church on Old York Road in Baltimore. My grandmother attended Blessed Sacrament and was buried from this church.

“My boyfriend and I look forward to getting married and receiving the blessing of the Holy Church,” one male stranger wrote. “What a beautiful moment for you! Congratulations!!!!” ...

And in 2021, the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said flat-out that the church couldn’t bless the unions of two men or two women because ...

The Church of England apologized for its past treatment of L.G.B.T.Q. people on Friday, but said it would continue its practice of not allowing same-sex marriages in church, a reflection of a ...