A blessing (from to bless, Old English bleodsian or bletsian) originally meant "sprinkling with blood" during the pagan sacrifices, the Blóts (reference: AHD). A blessing, (also used to refer to ...

At the shacharit service the Kohanim arose to give the priestly blessing. The general rule is that the priestly blessing is not recited in the shiva house. This blessing must be given in a state ...

If you’ve ever wished your living room felt more like a royal war tent or your bedroom carried the quiet magic of a moonlit ...

The unity crowd again breathed a sigh of relief. And when Francis did make a major change, allowing, and even promoting, priestly blessings for same-sex couples, he was applauded by liberals in ...

will wind up being a blessing in disguise. It’s not the way anyone would have hoped (especially not Moore). It may or may not be part of a larger scheme by Carr to wind up elsewhere. But either ...

“Already Cardinal Robert Sarah is trending,” the Pillar, a popular U.S. Catholic news site, wrote of the Guinean cleric who strongly opposes priestly blessings of same-gender couples, noting ...

The first-born son was meant to receive a double portion of the inheritance of the father; this was the first-born son’s birthright, as well as the priestly blessing of the father. The first ...

The traditional Birkat Kohanim is recited by the descendants of Aharon the High Priest.

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — They went into last week's conclave vastly outnumbered and smarting after being sidelined by Pope Francis for 12 years. And yet conservatives and traditionalist Catholics are ...

They created online databases to call out cardinals who botched cases and demanded the Vatican finally adopt a zero-tolerance policy to bar any abuser from priestly ministry. Peter Isely of the U ...