Pope Francis corrected "60 Minutes" in an interview airing Sunday as he explained the Church did not sanction the blessings of same-sex unions.

I would recommend The Sacrament of Same-Sex Marriage to several audiences.. First, it is a bright light for young LGBTQ Catholics and their families, who may need assurance that being gay is not a ...

Pope Francis has formally permitted priests to perform blessings for same-sex couples, a move that stops short of sanctioning same-sex marriages, but is still being heralded by some LGBTQ+ ...

Pope suggests blessings for same-sex unions possible, but not to be confused with sacrament of marriage. by JESSICA A. BOTELHO | The National Desk. Mon, October 2nd 2023 at 6:14 PM.

In that preliminary response, Francis suggested such blessings could be offered under some circumstances if they didn’t confuse the ritual with the sacrament of marriage.

Is marriage really a sacrament? If “half of Catholic marriages are invalid,” is mine invalid, especially if I’m unhappy? And while we’re at it, if the rules for divorce are changing, ...

Pope Francis allows priests to bless same-sex couples 06:21. Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document released Monday explaining a radical ...

World News Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples if they don’t resemble marriage The new document stressed that people in “irregular” unions — gay or straight — are in a state of sin.

As a result, it has long opposed same-sex marriage. And in 2021, the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said flat-out that the church couldn’t bless the unions of two men or ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops clarified to U.S. faithful that the Vatican's document approving blessings for people in same-sex relationships does not change its doctrine.