With the release of Fiducia Supplicans in December 2023, the Vatican permitted Roman Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples. The announcement scandalized many traditionalists, but it came with an ...

Pope Francis raised eyebrows in 2014, and again in 2016, when he expressed the opinion that a good portion of sacramental marriages are invalid due to inadequate formation. “They say, ‘Yes, for the ...

A transcript of one of the last things he wrote before he died. By Pope Francis Pope Francis was head of the Catholic Church until his death on April 21. This is the full text of a foreword written by ...

At the start of an Aug. 23 Catholic wedding in St. Paul, Minnesota, all eyes turned to the back of the church for that iconic moment: the bride’s procession down the aisle with her father, before he ...

The topic we are dealing with is not new, but increasingly recurring, namely that of the marriage of baptized persons who, while professing to be non-believers, have celebrated marriage in a religious ...

For many newlyweds, one of the most poignant symbols of the joining of two lives in marriage is when a bride changes her last name. Some brides, however, might view it as just a formality or tradition ...