In a major development for Catholic LGBTQ+ couples, Pope Francis has approved the blessing of same-sex unions. The new rule was included in a declaration issued Monday by the Vatican’s office of the ...

Pope Francis responded forcefully once again to criticism of his recent decision to bless couples in same-sex unions, calling objections from “ideological groups” in the United States and elsewhere ...

For some, it’s a watershed moment and for others it’s a piddling half-step. But it has the radical potential to encourage some very important conversations. I like to remind friends that December 25 ...

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 Out ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, some Catholic bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere say they will not implement the new Vatican policy allowing ...

MTHATHA, South Africa — The Vatican’s recent declaration allowing the blessing of same-sex couples caused a stir around the world, but perhaps most of all in Africa, a rising center of the Roman ...