Bishop Stowe Affirms Support for ‘Blessings’ of Same-Sex ‘Couples’

Bishop Stowe Affirms Support for ‘Blessings’ of Same-Sex ‘Couples’

Notoriously pro-LGBT Bishop John Stowe, OFM Conv., of Lexington, Kentucky, has expressed his support for “blessings” of same-sex unions after Pope Francis statement that such blessings can be discerned by ...
Bishop Strickland Pastoral Letter #5: Same-Sex ‘Blessings’ - God Does Not and Cannot Bless Sin

Bishop Strickland Pastoral Letter #5: Same-Sex ‘Blessings’ – God Does Not and Cannot Bless Sin

From the Diocese of Tyler, Texas: My Dear Sons and Daughters in Christ: I write to you today to discuss more fully the fourth basic truth that I spoke of ...
German Priests Bless Same-Sex Couples in Defiance of Archbishop

German Priests Bless Same-Sex Couples in Defiance of Archbishop

Several Catholic priests held a ceremony blessing same-sex couples outside Cologne Cathedral on Wednesday night in a protest against the city’s conservative archbishop, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki. Their protest was ...
Berlin Archbishop Permits Same-Sex Blessings with Impunity

Berlin Archbishop Permits Same-Sex Blessings with Impunity

A German archbishop has told priests they can confer blessings on same-sex couples without fear of punishment. The move by Archbishop Heiner Koch of Berlin opens the gates to church ...
Catholic Priest Organization to Host Same-Sex “Married” Professor of Theology

Catholic Priest Organization to Host Same-Sex “Married” Professor of Theology

The Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP) has replaced a keynote speaker at its 12th Annual Assembly (taking place June 12-15 at the University of San Diego) with a university ...
WATCH: Cardinals Burke and Müller Denounce German Synod Debacle On Same-Sex Blessings

WATCH: Cardinals Burke and Müller Denounce German Synod Debacle On Same-Sex Blessings

Cardinals Raymond Burke and Gerhard Müller have openly condemned the decision by the German Synodal Way assembly to begin officially “blessing” sexual relationships between persons of the same sex. The ...
Belgian Bishop Says Pope Accepted Policy Allowing Same-Sex Blessings

Belgian Bishop Says Pope Accepted Policy Allowing Same-Sex Blessings

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Immediately before participants in Germany’s “synodal way” voted in favor of same-sex blessings last Friday, they received a pep talk from a bishop in a neighboring country. Belgium’s Bishop John ...
Belgian Bishops Pushing Same-Sex ‘Blessings’ Praise ‘Impressive’ Meeting with Pope Francis

Belgian Bishops Pushing Same-Sex ‘Blessings’ Praise ‘Impressive’ Meeting with Pope Francis

Belgium’s Catholic bishops have spent a week in Rome for their ad limina visit, where it seems they received no reprimand for their recent publication of a text for same-sex ...
German Clerics' Blessing Same-Sex Couples a Diabolical and Sacrilegious Act

German Clerics’ Blessing Same-Sex Couples a Diabolical and Sacrilegious Act

Fr. Hugo Valdemar, canon penitentiary of the Archdiocese of Mexico, said that the blessing that priests and pastoral workers gave May 10 to homosexual couples in Germany “is a truly ...
No, Cardinal Marx, the Church Cannot Bless Same-Sex Couples

No, Cardinal Marx, the Church Cannot Bless Same-Sex Couples

Once again, the German archbishop, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, responded positively to the question, “What do you do when a homosexual couple asks you for an episcopal blessing.”  He claims not ...