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Chaldean bishops reject blessing of same-sex unions

July 25, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

The 2024 Synod of the Chaldean Church in Baghdad, Iraq. / Credit: Chaldean Patriarchate

Baghdad, Iraq, Jul 25, 2024 / 16:30 pm (CNA).
The bishops of the Chaldean Synod on July 16 issued a statement declaring their position on the blessing of sa… […]

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Cardinal Fernández meets with Coptic Church leader over same-sex blessing rift

May 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 4

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, and Coptic Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria. / Credit: Vatican Media; ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 23, 2024 / 18:01 pm… […]

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Vatican overturns own decision on seminary dean

May 17, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

Philosophical-Theological University of Bressanone in Italy. / Credit: Ladislav Luppa / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

CNA Newsroom, May 17, 2024 / 10:13 am (CNA).
In a significant reversal, the Vatican approved the appointment of a new dean at a sem… […]

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Chicago priest apologizes for same-sex blessing, saying it violated Church norms

May 14, 2024 Catholic News Agency 6

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CNA Staff, May 14, 2024 / 07:48 am (CNA).
A priest in Chicago has apologized for the controversial way in which he blessed a same-sex couple in April, calling it a “very poor decision” that … […]

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Pope Francis: To be ‘scandalized’ by gay couple blessings is ‘hypocrisy’

February 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 45

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Feb 7, 2024 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis this week again defended the Vatica… […]

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90 Catholic priests, scholars ask Church leaders to oppose same-sex blessings

February 6, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 6, 2024 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
A group of 90 Catholic priests, scholars, and authors are asking bishops and cardinals to reject a Vatican declaration that approved the pastoral, n… […]

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Cardinal Zen discusses his new book for Lent and concerns for the Church

February 2, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Joseph Cardinal Zen is bishop emeritus of Hong Kong. / Credit: The World Over with Raymond Arroyo

CNA Staff, Feb 2, 2024 / 16:22 pm (CNA).
In an interview on “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo” that aired Feb. 1, Cardinal Joseph Zen presented … […]

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Pope Francis: Small ideological groups oppose same-sex blessings; Africa a ‘special case’

January 29, 2024 Catholic News Agency 14

Pope Francis meets with members of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 29, 2024 / 14:40 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis suggested that the oppositio… […]

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Pope Francis: Blessings don’t require ‘moral perfection’

January 26, 2024 Catholic News Agency 4

Pope Francis meets with members of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Jan 26, 2024 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis on Friday clarified the Vatican’s positi… […]

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Vatican prefect: Fiducia Supplicans draws ‘some negative reactions’ from Christian leaders

January 19, 2024 Catholic News Agency 4

Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, speaks with EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief Andreas Thonhauser on Jan. 18, 2024. / Credit: EWTN

Rome Newsroom, Jan 19, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
Orthodox and other Christian l… […]

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