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World

European Union court rules countries must recognize same-sex marriage 'rights'

Catholic News Agency|Dec 3, 2025|2 Min Read

Pope Francis

Pope apologizes for using 'homophobic' slang

Cindy Wooden|May 28, 2024|3 Min Read

Jesuit Father Hans Zollner is pictured during a symposium at Fordham University in New York City in this March 26, 2019, file photo. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Gregory A. Shemitz)

World

Celibacy is not a direct cause of sexual abuse, expert says

Walter Sanchez Silva|Oct 1, 2023|4 Min Read

Same-sex blessing

World

Church of England allows priests to bless same-sex civil marriages, bans same-sex church weddings

Simon Caldwell|Feb 10, 2023|5 Min Read

In this Saturday, May 8, 2021 file photo, people gather to support the so-called Zan Law, named for a Democratic Party lawmaker and gay rights activist Alessandro Zan. (Luca Bruno/AP via Crux)

World

Italy’s disputed homophobia bill defeated in Senate

Elise Ann Allen|Oct 29, 2021|4 Min Read

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, speaks at the United Nations in New York in 2019. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Vatican’s sin of omission takes a toll amid Italy’s anti-homophobia tempest

John L. Allen Jr.|Jun 27, 2021|4 Min Read

A wooden cross lies on a rainbow flag in Bonn, Germany, March 16, 2021. (Julia Steinbrecht/KNA via CNS)

Some German parishes plan blessings for same-sex relationships

Catholic News Service|May 4, 2021|2 Min Read

In this June 30, 2017 file photo, men with rainbow flags stand in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP/Crux)

World

Head of German bishops says same-sex blessing event ‘not helpful’

Elise Ann Allen|Apr 30, 2021|5 Min Read

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World

Bishop urges prayer, fasting in response to blessings of same-sex couples in Germany

Catholic News Agency|Apr 19, 2021|3 Min Read

U.S. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, is pictured in Rome in this March 19, 2018, file photo. During a March 18 Vatican news conference on the "Amoris Laetitia Family Year," Cardinal Farrell said that although the church cannot bless nonsacramental unions, the pastoral care of the church is always open to all people. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Faith

No one can be excluded from the care, love of the church, cardinal says

Carol Glatz|Mar 18, 2021|3 Min Read

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After Vatican says same-sex unions cannot be blessed, White House reaffirms Biden’s support for them

Catholic News Agency|Mar 16, 2021|3 Min Read

A same-sex couple is pictured in a file photo exchanging rings during a ceremony in Salt Lake City. (Catholic News Service/Jim Urquhar, Reuters)

Legalism vs. moral truth in the pope’s ‘same-sex union’ remarks

Russell Shaw|Nov 9, 2020|3 Min Read

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