A group of Belgium bishops have created a proposed text for a prayer liturgy for same-sex couples, possibly violating a 2021 Vatican directive barring church blessings for gay couples.

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 ...

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 ...

5 things the Catholic Church's ... confusion with the blessing proper to the Sacrament of Marriage,” the document reads. “In a brief prayer preceding this spontaneous blessing, ...

Pope Francis permitted priests to bless same-sex couples, signifying a shift in the Catholic Church’s approach toward LGBTQ parishioners, while also reinforcing the teaching that marriage is ...

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.

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 ...

In September, several Catholic priests held a ceremony blessing same-sex couples outside Cologne Cathedral to protest the city’s conservative archbishop, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki.The head of ...

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 ...

In September, several Catholic priests held a ceremony blessing same-sex couples outside Cologne Cathedral to protest the city’s conservative archbishop, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki.The head of ...