Goan weddings are more than just marriage ceremonies. They mix old traditions with fun food and dance. Guests enjoy beach views church halls or garden spaces while tasting spicy curries sweet treats ...

Pope Leo XIV is maintaining the Catholic Church's longstanding views on same-sex marriages. Under Pope Leo XIV, Catholic priests will continue to bless same-sex unions.

Newlyweds Cole and Anna Stevens received Pope Leo XIV’s personal blessing for their marriage during one of the pope’s first ...

A version of this story appeared in the July 19-August 1, 2024 print issue under the headline: A life of Catholic activism: Resurrection, resistance and answered prayers.

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 ago — ...

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore said while the Vatican has allowed priests to bless same-sex couples, it has not changed its stance on marriage.

Catholic bishop of Raphoe Alan McGuckian has rejected claims that Pope Francis’s declaration on blessing people in same-sex relationships is a change in church teaching on marriage and sexuality.

The Vatican’s recent announcement on blessing same-sex couples sent the media into overdrive. But it “concerned a change that was much more modest and not even new,” writes Celia Wexler.

The Vatican’s declaration to allow the blessing of same-sex couples aims to guide priests on the pastoral care of same-sex people and it does not change the Church’s teachings on marriage and family, ...

Singapore's Catholic Church clarifies blessing same-sex couples not the same as endorsing same-sex unions The Vatican said on Dec 18 that Pope Francis had allowed priests to bless same-sex couples.

Five things the Catholic Church’s document on same-sex blessings does — and doesn’t — say Pope Francis approved the change, but there are caveats.