Transgender people can be baptised in the Catholic Church as long as doing so does not cause scandal or “confusion”, the Vatican has announced. The Church’s doctrinal office also said…
Read More Transgender people can be baptised and be godparents, Vatican says
Pope Francis on Monday, appeared to suggest a way to enable the blessing of same-sex couples by clerics, something not recognised by the Holy See but practised in countries such…
Read More Pope Francis suggests Catholic Church could bless same-sex marriages
Pope Francis said the Catholic Church’s thousand-year-old practice of celibacy could be changed. In a recent interview with an Argentine publication Infobae, Francis said the ban on priests having sex…
Read More Catholic Church banning priests from engaging in sex is ‘temporary’, says Pope Francis
Pope Francis has clarified his recent comments about homosexuality and sin, saying he was merely referring to official Catholic moral teaching that teaches that any sexual act outside of marriage…
Read More Pope clarifies comment on homosexuality, was quoting Catholic moral teaching, not stating his own view
Pope Francis in an interview with The Associated Press at the Vatican, on Tuesday acknowledged that Catholic bishops in some parts of the world support laws that criminalize homosexuality or…
Read More Pope Francis: Homosexuality not a crime, Bishops need to change to recognize dignity of everyone
