Rome — Pope Francis opened a big meeting Wednesday on the future of the Catholic Church, where contentious topics will be discussed. The three-week General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the ...

A document from the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith that approved blessings for people in same-sex relationships caused waves as prelates in the U.S. attempt to clarify the document.

EDITORIAL: The Church must make the perpetual renewal of marriage one of its central evangelical and pastoral priorities. Over the past 50 years, according to statistics from Georgetown University, ...

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 ...

Responding to petitions filed by homosexual activists with India’s Supreme Court, the federal government told the court ‘the legal recognition of marriage is for heterosexual relationships’ only. A ...

Beginning this weekend, Catholics in North Dakota will be asked to support a state constitutional amendment that defines marriage as only a union between a man and woman. The North Dakota Catholic ...

The Respect for Marriage Act that President Joe Biden will sign into law Tuesday is a bona fide compromise. It does away with the federal Defense of Marriage Act, signed by President Bill Clinton a ...

I have been an active and devout Catholic my entire life, and my wife is faithfully and resolutely Protestant. We both strive to make our Christian faith the center of every aspect of our life, ...

The private Catholic chapel where two Spanish men celebrated their civil “marriage” last weekend is subject to “canonical effects” and deconsecration, according to the Archdiocese of Madrid and a ...