A few years ago, Javier López and his partner of 14 years, Sergio Guzmán, were visiting family in Mexico. While there, a priest — who's a longtime friend — surprised the couple. "I just want ...

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 ...

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 ...

Less than three years later — a blink of an eye in Vatican time — church officials have reversed course. In the “Declaration on the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings” released on Monday, ...

Pope Francis corrected his questioner about the Catholic Church's stance toward same-sex couples in a rare interview, explaining he allowed the blessings of individual people but not a same-sex union.

Pope Francis formally permitted Roman Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples on Monday, in a significant shift in the church’s approach to LGBTQ+ people. The blessings may be carried out ...

Make no mistake, “Fiducia Supplicans: On the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings” advances a carefully crafted “theological reflection” that, as stated in the text, “implies a real development ...

His latest decision on blessings does not change Catholic opposition to same-sex marriage, yet it marks a new moment in the church’s outreach to gay people. For Francis, it is a question of ...

Although the Church maintains its prohibition on liturgical blessings of “same-sex couples” and maintains the teaching that marriage is between a man and a woman, the document allows priests ...