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 ...

Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples that must not resemble marriage Newlyweds meet with Pope Francis during the weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican last month ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 maintain… ...

Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples. The Vatican issued a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God ...

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 Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples. The Vatican issued a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God ...

Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples. The Vatican issued a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God ...

Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples. The Vatican issued a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God ...

Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples. The document stresses that people in “irregular” unions — gay or straight — are in a state of sin.

Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples. The Vatican issued a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God ...