With the release of Fiducia Supplicans in December 2023, the Vatican permitted Roman Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples. The announcement scandalized many traditionalists, but it came with an ...

We are told that a high percentage of Catholics today doubt the validity of the Blessed Sacrament. That may be true. But I’d be willing to wager that, for most people, the validity of the Sacrament of ...

A document from the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith that approved blessings for people in same-sex relationships caused waves as prelates in the U.S. attempt to clarify the document.

In just over one month I will be ordained a Catholic priest. My wife will be in the front row. My oldest son will be an altar server. My daughter and younger sons will present my priestly vestments as ...

that looked at whether Catholics who support gay marriage rights are welcome to take the holy Communion. To take Communion, a ritual that usually entails ceremoniously consuming wine and bread or ...

U.S. forces safely rescued the second F-15E airman of a fighter jet that went down on Friday. by NICOLE WINFIELD and DAVID CRARY Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has formally approved ...

Marriage is falling apart in the West, even among so-called professing conservative Christians across the denominational spectrum. So, how are Roman Catholics doing? And how well is their Church — its ...

A woman is denied marriage in the church because she can't secure the annulment of her previous marriage to a mentally ill husband who has disappeared. A Catholic grandmother believes her Buddhist ...

Baptism: Babies born into the Catholic church or anyone who wants to become Catholic must be baptized in order to receive the other sacraments. Ordinarily, the priest gives baptism (but anyone can ...