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The Vatican’s newly released document addressing the blessing of same-sex couples doesn’t pave the way for gay weddings at churches or with Catholic priests as officiants.
The Vatican’s declaration comes as the Catholic Church is attempting to carefully navigate the issue of same-sex marriage, which became legalized nationwide after a 2015 Supreme Court decision ...
The Vatican said on Monday in a landmark ruling approved by Pope Francis that Roman Catholic priests can administer blessings to same-sex couples as long as they are not part of regular Church ...
Before 2021, several dioceses had permitted the blessing of same-sex couples, including Linz in Austria and Basel in Switzerland. [16] [17] On 15 March 2021, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (renamed the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in 2022) issued a responsum ad dubium ("response to doubt") that responded in the negative to the question of whether the Church has "the ...
[96] [97] In 2023, the Synod of Bishops agreed to develop prayers that may be said with same-sex couples, but they did not approve of blessings or marriage for same-sex couples. [98] [99] In 2024, Archbishop Thabo Makgoba published the draft prayers to be said with same-sex couples for study by the dioceses. [100]
Couples in many Christian denominations have the option of receiving the Rite of Betrothal (also known as 'blessing an engaged couple' or 'declaration of intention'), which often includes prayer, Bible readings, blessing of engagement rings, and a blessing of the couple. [19] [20] [21]
The Catholic Church says people seeking God’s love and mercy shouldn’t be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive […] The post Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples ...
The banns of marriage, commonly known simply as the "banns" or "bans" / ˈ b æ n z / (from a Middle English word meaning "proclamation", rooted in Frankish and thence in Old French), [1] are the public announcement in a Christian parish church, or in the town council, of an impending marriage between two specified persons.