The issue of gay seminarians is entirely different from that of blessing gay unions: No doctrinal issues are involved. So long as a seminarian is celibate, and has maturely integrated his celibacy ...

Some conservatives registered disappointment, but gay Catholics hailed the new rule as a landmark moment for the church’s acceptance of L.G.B.T.Q. faithful. By Ruth Graham and Amy Harmon Pope ...

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 ...

Leo will continue his predecessor's historic decision allowing priests to honor queer couples, though same-sex marriage ...

The Catholic Church will continue to allow blessings for same-sex couples — but not recognition for their unions as ...

Pope Francis wrote that there are "situations" where a priest can assess, on a case-by-case basis, whether blessings may be given to gay couples — as long as they are kept separate from the ...

Pope Francis has expressed openness to Catholic blessings for same-sex couples, under the condition they are not confused with marriage ceremonies for men and women, in what could be a watershed ...

Pope Francis spoke with L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics and their supporters for years before letting priests bless same-sex couples. But the move’s timing also owed something to its conservative opponents.

Pope OKs blessings for gay couples. ... and Almut Muenster, during a Catholic service with the blessing of same-sex couples in St. Benedict’s Church in Munich, on May 9, 2021.

ROME—Pope Francis softened the Vatican’s ban on blessing same-sex couples, saying that priests may use their discretion in giving such blessings, so long as they don’t imply a same-sex union ...

Mary McAleese has welcomed comments from Pope Francis about blessings for same-sex couples but pointed out the pontiff’s stance is a “complete contradiction” of what he said previously. Pope ...

A day after the pope’s announcement that Catholic priests may bless same-sex couples, one New York couple receives theirs. By Amy Harmon Ruth Graham and Sarah Maslin Nir Ruth Graham writes about ...