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German cardinal instructs priests to facilitate same-sex couple blessings
Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who has served as archbishop of Munich and Freising in Germany since 2008, has instructed the priests…
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Start of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate brings surge of interest in papal blessings
Signs hanging in the office of papal charities in Vatican City show the different models of papal blessing certificates that…
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German bishops: Blessings of same-sex couples should be done with ‘appreciation’
German bishops gather in Rome on Nov. 17, 2022. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Staff, Apr 23, 2025 / 12:00…
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Head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church talks war, the pope, and same-sex blessings
Sviatoslav Shevchuk is major archbishop of Kyiv–Galicia and primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. / Credit: Screenshot/EWTN News Nightly…
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Pope Francis: Small ideological groups oppose same-sex blessings; Africa a ‘special case’
Pope Francis meets with members of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) on Friday, Jan. 26,…
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Pope Francis: Blessings don’t require ‘moral perfection’
Pope Francis meets with members of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) on Friday, Jan. 26,…
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Resistance to same-sex blessings grows in Africa, but bishops are divided globally
Members of the Episcopal Conference of Ivory Coast (CECCI). / Credit: CECCI Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 3, 2024 / 17:40…
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Catholic News - Americas
Chris Christie ties his shift on gay marriage to Vatican ruling on same-sex blessings
GOP Presidential Candidate Chris Christie at a town Hall in Bedford, New Hampshire on Dec. 19, 2023. / Credit: Sophie…
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Catholic News - General
Thousands of ‘Star Singers’ continue tradition of bringing Christ’s blessings for new year
Tia, Miriam, Emanuel, and Josias (left to right) from the St. Lorenz Catholic Parish in Kempten, Diocese of Augsburg, Germany,…
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Ukrainian archbishop says same-sex blessings document doesn’t apply to Eastern Churches
Pope Francis embraces Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, during a meeting with bishops…
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