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 ...

More than 100 married couples celebrating their wedding anniversaries joined Bishop Efren Esmilla for a Mass May 2 at the ...

For centuries, the Catholic Church has simplistically “canonized” marriage, stripping down its sacred and sacramental character as a covenant and likening it to a secular contract. The time has come ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pope Francis has formally permitted priests to perform blessings for same-sex couples, a move that stops short of sanctioning same-sex marriages, but is still being heralded by some LGBTQ+ advocates ...

Twenty-five couples were sacramentally married June 1 at Queen of Peace Church in Mesa, Ariz. The multiple-wedding Mass is part of a 13-year parish effort to reach out to marginalized couples. (Credit ...

WASHINGTON (TND) — Pope Francis has seemingly suggested he is open to blessing same-sex unions within the Roman Catholic Church. He also made it clear blessings are not to be confused with the ...

Joe Miller of South Bend, Ind., holds his two sons June 13, 2021. Natural Family Planning Awareness Week is July 25 – 31, 2021. (Credit: CNS photo/Jennifer Miller ...