Pope Francis formally approved letting Catholic priests bless same-sex couples, the Vatican announced Monday.
A handwritten wedding certificate records the marriage of LATAM Airlines flight attendants Carlos and Paula Ciuffordi, conducted by Pope Francis during a flight on Jan. 18, 2018 between Santiago and Iquique, Chile.POOL Pope Francis gave the bride a white rosary and the groom a black one. He a...
The Vatican publicized that encounter, making video and photos of it available, after Francis was ambushed during that same visit by his then-ambassador, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, who invited the anti-same-sex marriage activistKim Davisto meet with the pope. News of the Davis audience made...
Pope Francis revolutionises Catholic marriage annulment proceduresPhilip Pullella
Pope Francis leads an ecumenical prayer with Protestants and Orthodox at St. Peter's square in The Vatican, Sept. 30, 2023.Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images About 71% of Americans think same-sex marriage should be legal, matching the highGalluprecorded in 2022. Public s...
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY, POPE FRANCIS The Equipes Notre-Dame Were Recognized By The Vatican’s International Catholic Association In 1975 Photo: Vatican Media What does the success of a marriage depend on? Pope Francis answers Speech to the internati...
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In his apostolic exhortationAmoris Laetitia, Pope Francis used St. Paul’s “hymn to love,” taken from his First Letter to the Corinthians, to offer several pieces of advice on how to keep one’s marriage strong throughout the years, based on true love. ...
Francis in his homily today likened families to the “bricks that build society”. Among the couples, all from the Rome area, who said ’I do’ – or ’Si –’was one in which the groom’s first marriage was annulled by the church and the bride has a daughter she had while an unma...
The new document elaborates on a letter Francis sent to two conservative cardinals that waspublished in October. 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. ...