However, there are few public blessings of same-sex couples by priests and pastoral workers. More than 200 priests and pastoral workers were contacted by New Ways Ministry, which ministers to the ...

Blessing gay people is nothing new to the Rev. Paul Rospond, though the Catholic Church only formally declared priests could bless same-sex couples earlier this week.. Rospond, who is chaplain of ...

Pope Francis has approved some Catholic blessings for same-sex couples, so long as priests avoid confusion with marriage blessings. Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption ...

Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples that must not resemble marriage. Newlyweds meet with Pope Francis during the weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican last month.

Pope Francis formally permitted Roman Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples on Monday, in a significant shift in the church’s approach to LGBTQ+ people. The blessings may be carried out ...

By making blessings available to same-sex couples, our church has, for the first time in any document, acknowledged that there can be holiness and sacredness in these relationships.

The German Catholic bishops have published a handout that offers guidance to pastors on blessings for couples in “irregular” situations such as same-sex relationships, urging clergy to use the ...

Church opens its arms in first blessing of a same-sex Chicago couple: 'There's a place for you' Michael Thiry and Nathaniel Washington celebrated their seventh anniversary with a blessing from the ...