ROME — Pope Francis formally approved letting Catholic priests bless same-sex couples, the Vatican announced Monday, a radical shift in policy that aimed at making the church more inclusive while ...

The bishops' conference said their guidelines followed Pope Francis'  "pastoral approach" and reflected concluding ...

A Vatican official has confirmed Pope Leo XIV’s stance on gay marriage. According to the National Catholic Reporter, cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, the head of the dicastery for the doctrine of the ...

Over 1,000 LGBTQ Catholics and their families walked through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica this weekend as part of a Jubilee pilgrimage listed on the Vatican’s official Holy Year calendar. The ...

Pope Leo XIV met Monday (Sept. 1) with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church and encouraged his ministry, just days before a planned Holy Year ...

LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Church of England bishops have stopped plans to trial separate blessing services for same-sex couples, saying the measure, that stoked deep divisions, needed to secure ...

SONNINO, Italy — They’d paused by a brook three hours into their 80-mile trek to Rome, but now it was time to move. “Andiamo,” shouted a 30-year-old historian from Bologna donning a gold crucifix.

Pope Leo XIV recently offered marriage advice to a young American couple days after their wedding, sharing how he was blessed by the example of his own parents who prayed the rosary together every day ...