Vatican: Catholic priests can bless same-sex, remarried couples
Yet another bombshell from the Vatican on LGBTQ+ issues greenlights same-sex blessings—though maintaining a traditional view of marriage.
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Perspectives: Transness alone cannot disqualify from godparenting
In a letter to the editor, Aaron Beswick says transgender people cannot be banned from godparenting based simply on simplistic criteria.
Perspectives: Is trans godparenting Biblical?
A letter to the editor from Sara Chinakwe asks how the new Vatican guidelines on LGBTQ+ godparenting squares with Scripture.
Joseph Strickland was my bishop. Here's why he had to go.
Briana Jansky of Tyler, Texas, explains how her erstwhile shepherd—removed this month by the Vatican—led her flock astray and nearly sabotaged her faith.
Vatican: Transgender people can be baptized, serve as godparents
The new document from Rome also answers similar questions concerning homosexual people and those in same-sex relationships (including marriage).
The world needs African-American saints. We're going to Rome to get them.
As the synod rolls on in Rome, African Americans plan to make their voices heard in the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. Ralph Moore Jr. explains.
Letter: House Reps. press White House on innocent Gazans in Israel-Hamas War
The communique comes amid Israel's ongoing blockade, bombing, and ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, part of the now weeklong Israel-Hamas War.
Pope Francis floats same-sex union blessings in Q&A with conservative cardinals
The new communique originated in the summer but was published on Monday by the head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Vatican urges La. governor to clear state's death row
The overture comes amid a fierce legal battle for the state's right to execute, and for the outgoing governor's plan to grant widespread clemency.
Bishop Joseph Perry of Chicago retires, widening Black episcopal void
With the retirement of the 75-year-old prelate, there remain only four active African-American Catholic bishops, three of whom were born in the U.S.
New postulator named for Venerable Henriette DeLille sainthood cause
The Creole Catholic pioneer's case in Rome will now be handled by a Dutchman who heads multiple other causes for African Americans.
Bishop Richard Stika of Knoxville resigns after cover-ups, Abp Shelton Fabre to administer
The embattled Tennessee prelate faced a 2021 Vatican investigation concerning 10 sex abuse-related complaints.
Mother Mary Lange declared venerable by Pope Francis
The Afro-Cuban American foundress started the first order of Black Catholic nuns in the United States.
Science denialism is a national emergency in the Catholic Church
As the Biden administration lifts declarations, Efran Menny opines on Church leaders' often heinous response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keeping our eyes on the saintly prize
Ralph Moore Jr. on how the canonization process in the Catholic Church reeks of racism and exclusion.
Vatican repudiates 'Doctrine of Discovery,' but forgets enslaved Africans
The Catholic hierarchy has marked an official stance against the colonization and subjugation of Indigenous persons.