Same-sex marriages are taking place in the nation’s capital, but the controversy over the Catholic church’s reaction to that development has not quieted down. Comes today a biting letter to the ...

The most conspicuous is the change of the name from the “Rite of Marriage” to the “Order of Celebrating Matrimony.” This new name is more in accord with the Latin original, but it also adds something ...

We are told that a high percentage of Catholics today doubt the validity of the Blessed Sacrament. That may be true. But I’d be willing to wager that, for most people, the validity of the Sacrament of ...

Recently, well meaning Episcopal clergy and lay leaders have been urging the church to “extend the sacrament of marriage” to lesbian and gay Episcopalians, moving beyond the blessing of same-sex ...

Baptism is the first sacrament that initiates one into the Catholic family and before it, one is not considered a Christian in the Catholic Church. There are four sacraments in the Anglican Church - ...

Maltese same-sex couples will never walk the red carpet of our historic cathedrals, sanctuaries and countryside chapels and experience the bliss heterosexuals feel when declaring their matrimonial ...