ROME — The Vatican document explicitly saying Catholic priests can bless same-sex unions lays out the conditions for what such blessings can, and cannot, involve. The overall goal is to make it abundantly clear to the couple and those around them that the blessing is not a liturgical or sacramental ritual, and that it in … Read more
ROME — Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God’s love and mercy shouldn’t be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive it. The document from the Vatican’s doctrine office, released Monday, elaborates on … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave ROME — The Vatican on Monday issued its most definitive permission yet for Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples, as long as those benedictions are kept separate from marriage, a decree that fully reverses a 2021 ruling — and that may deepen division over the open-door papacy … Read more
LONDON — Church of England priests offered officially sanctioned blessings of same-sex partnerships for the first time on Sunday, though a ban on church weddings for gay couples remains in place amid deep divisions within global Anglicanism over marriage and sexuality. In one of the first ceremonies, the Rev. Catherine Bond and the Rev. Jane … Read more
October 17, 2023 4:55 AM EDT NEW DELHI — India’s top court refused to legalize same-sex marriages, with the chief justice of the country saying Tuesday that it was up to Parliament to create such a law. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud also urged the government to uphold the rights of the queer community and end … Read more
India’s top court has refused to legalize same-sex marriages, with the chief justice of the country saying that it was up to Parliament to create such a law ByThe Associated Press October 17, 2023, 3:45 AM LGBTQ community supporters and members wait for the Supreme Court verdict on petitions that seek the legalization of same-sex … Read more
An activist detained in Hong Kong has begun his closing enchantment searching for recognition for his same-sex marriage registered abroad, in a landmark case for the town’s LGBTQ+ neighborhood ByKANIS LEUNG Related Press Detained activist Jimmy Sham, heart, leaves a jail van to enter the Courtroom of Remaining Attraction as Hong Kong’s high courtroom hear … Read more