The Vatican’s newly released document addressing the blessing of same-sex couples doesn’t pave the way for gay weddings at churches or with Catholic priests as officiants. But it does now ...

Despite these blessings for same-sex couples being far short of marriage, lifelong Catholic Sergio Guzmán says what he and his partner Javier López received from the priest in Mexico a few years ...

Vatican City • In an unprecedented opening by the Catholic Church toward welcoming LGBTQ people, the Vatican’s Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith approved the blessing of same-sex couples ...

The Roman Catholic nun knew she might face consequences from the church, but went ahead with the private blessing — not a sacramental marriage, she noted — regardless. She just "blessed the ...

Catholic bishops in conservative countries are pushing back on the Vatican's document allowing blessings for individuals in same-sex relationships. Episcopal conferences in African nations have ...

In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, Catholic bishops from Africa to Poland say they will not implement a new Vatican policy allowing blessings for same-sex couples. Credit ...

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 ...

push back and exclude" in an eight-page response to questions from five cardinals Franco Origlia/Getty Pope Francis has suggested he would be open to some Catholic priests blessing same-sex ...

(RNS) — The Vatican approved same-sex blessings, but there are a few caveats. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In an unprecedented opening by the Catholic Church toward welcoming LGBTQ people, the Vatican ...