Dr. Greg Popcak looks at the recent decision by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to deny blessing same-sex unions. The response has been widely characterized in the press as a coldhearted, discriminatory ...
While the Catholic Church cannot bless unions that are not sacramental marriages, the church will always welcome and accompany everyone, no matter their situation in life, said the prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the ...
In his most recent column, Monsignor Owen Campion, OSV’s chaplain, addresses the recent statement by the Vatican’s Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith. The statement, he writes, was issued in answer to the question ...
While homosexual men and women must be respected, any form of blessing a same-sex union is "illicit," said the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The negative judgment is on the blessing of unions, ...
Within hours of being sworn in on Jan. 20, President Joe Biden issued an executive order that was hailed by LGBTQ activists as “the most substantive, wide-ranging executive order concerning sexual orientation and gender identity ...
At least 10 U.S. Catholic bishops have signed a statement supporting the Tyler Clementi Foundation in standing up for at-risk LGBT youth in the United States and speaking out against bullying directed at them. "As we ...
The Vatican Secretariat of State has sent an explanatory note to nuncios around the world insisting that when Pope Francis spoke about civil unions, he was not changing or challenging "the doctrine of the church, ...
Contributing editor Russell Shaw writes about Pope Francis’ comments that showed support for legalizing civil unions between same-sex couples. However, Shaw writes that to equate the Church’s doctrine with policy is classic legalism. After all, ...
In an essay for Our Sunday Visitor, John S. Grabowski, an associate professor of moral theology and ethics at The Catholic University of America, writes that the media at large has neither the ability or ...
Pope Francis' expression of openness to the idea of laws recognizing civil unions, including for gay couples, to protect their rights does not change church teaching on marriage as being between one woman and one ...
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