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French Archbishop Will Bless Same-Gender Couples; More Positive Responses

Today's post highlights positive responses from around the world to the Vatican's declaration allowing blessings for same-gender couples. Read More

Top Cardinal Responds to Global Bishops’ Swift Criticism of Blessings Declaration

In Pope Francis' nearly-eleven year tenure, perhaps nothing he has done has prompted so many responses in such a short time as approving blessings for same-gender couples. Within a day or two of the Vatican declaration on blessings, titled Fiducia Supplicans, being released, dozens, if not hundreds, of church leaders and other Catholics spoke out—and strongly. Read More

Good Friday: Long the Night

A Good Friday folk hymn from Ukraine. Read More

Former Vatican Official Blames Russia’s War against Ukraine on LGBTQ Movement

A former Vatican official has suggested Russia's invasion of Ukraine was due to the LGBTQ movement, echoing a Russian Orthodox's leader's similar suggestion last week. Read More