While the Church has no intention of changing its doctrine on marriage — recognizing only unions between a man and a woman — the Vatican has signaled that it intends to continue Francis’s outreach to ...

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.

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 26, 2015, decided that every state is constitutionally required to perform and recognize same-sex civil marriages — a controversial ruling at the time that was followed ...

After giving mixed vibes when it comes to the LGBTQIA+ community, Pope Leo XIV has seemingly changed his views. Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández told reporters on July 3 that blessings for same-sex ...

‘The Marriage of the Virgin’ is shown in a fresco in St. Augustine Church in Covington, Kentucky. (photo: Nheyob / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) This Sunday’s Gospel offers some fundamental ...

Pope Leo XIV on Friday offered his thoughts on marriage and abortion in a meeting with the Vatican diplomatic corps. The meeting is required after a conclave and ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — 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 blessings ...