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Pope Francis sought Sunday to encourage married couples, acknowledging that the pandemic has aggravated some family problems but urging couples to seek help and always remember three key words in ...
“Francis’ goal here is to get the Church out of the corner it painted itself into regarding same-sex couples in 2021, when it said God ‘does not and cannot bless sin.’” The Pope permits ...
Married and same-sex couples take part in a public blessing ceremony in front of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany on Sept. 20, 2023. (Martin Meissner / AP)
[2] [3] Subtitled "On the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings", the document is dated 18 December 2023 and was released on the same day. Fiducia supplicans was issued by the Holy See's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) and approved with a signature by Pope Francis. [4] [5] It was the first declaration issued by the DDF since Dominus Iesus ...
The Vatican declaration came a day after the Church of England, after years of debate, began to offer blessings of same-sex couples in churches, although it will not bless gay marriages.
This was the formula used by Pope Paul VI (without Dominus vobiscum) when he gave his blessing at his first appearance on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica following his election at the 1963 conclave, [2] and by Pope Benedict XVI (with "Dominus vobiscum") after announcing on 11 February 2013 his intention to resign the papacy, [3] and ...
World Marriage Day is an observance sponsored by American organization Worldwide Marriage Encounter, [1] associated with the Catholic Marriage Encounter movement [2] ...
Pope Francis speaks during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, on Oct. 18, 2023. Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with ...