Zachariah Fufeyin, a priest hailing from the Catholic Diocese of Bomadi in southern Nigeria, had only one mission when he ...

One third of PNG’s population of 11.8 million people ... role for women working in the Vatican and authorized priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples. He built bridges with the Muslim ...

A missionary in PNG said Pope Francis told him last year ... "Throughout the nation and the region, we have been having prayers in support of this process." Peter ToRot was born to village chief ...

Priestly blessing (Birkat HaKohanim) takes place at the Western Wall (archive) The Western Wall Heritage Foundation is preparing for the annual surge of Jews from across the country and around the ...

CONCORD, N.H. (RNS) — At St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Concord, New Hampshire, the Rev. Jean Beniste, a Haitian immigrant and Episcopal priest turned internet curses into blessings during an ...

A Chicago priest has issued an apology for performing recently a blessing of a same-sex couple, which was filmed and posted on social media. Vincentian Father Joseph S. Williams, pastor of St. Vincent ...

A Chicago priest has issued an apology for performing recently a blessing of a same-sex couple, which was filmed and posted on social media. Vincentian Father Joseph S. Williams, pastor of St ...

"I just want to make sure that you guys take care of each other," López recalls the priest saying. "And at that point he actually asked us to kneel in front of him and gave us a blessing." ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Several years ago, my partner and I asked a priest for a blessing. We wouldn’t describe ourselves as particularly pious, but our Catholic faith has shaped ...

A Lexington, Kentucky, Catholic Church has been blowing its own horn after giving a blessing to a same-sex ... Out and Proud in the sanctuary. The priest even busted out his rainbow stole for ...

MANILA, Philippines—It is now possible for a priest to bless couples of the same sex and couples in irregular situations with the release of the document Fiducia Supplicans by the Vatican ...