Catholic World Report
Catholic World Report

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email (Weekly Newsletter)
  • RSS
  • Home
  • Columns
    • Chapp’s Schtick
    • Ecclesia et Civitas
    • God’s First
    • God’s Two Books
    • The Past Present
  • Features
    • Analysis
    • Books
    • Editorial
    • Essay
    • Film & Music
    • History
    • Interview
    • News
    • Opinion
    • Special Report
  • The Dispatch
  • Topics
    • Pope Francis
    • Politics
    • Culture
    • Books
    • Canon Law
    • All Topics
  • About CWR
  • Advertise
  • Donate
News Briefs
  • [ July 16, 2025 ] Pope Leo XIV cheers on charity soccer match for children from war zones News Briefs
  • [ July 16, 2025 ] Catholic cliffhanger: Future saint was an avid mountain climber   News Briefs
  • [ July 16, 2025 ] ‘A living and discreet Church’: Despite persecution, Catholic faith endures in Saudi Arabia News Briefs
  • [ July 16, 2025 ] Benedictine Abbey in Belgium temporarily dissolved following abuse allegations News Briefs
  • [ July 15, 2025 ] Pope Leo XIV pays visit to Poor Clares who pray for him every day News Briefs

“same-sex unions”

No Picture
News Briefs

Kentucky parish offers scheduled appointments for same-sex blessings

June 6, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

Credit: Unsplash. / null

CNA Staff, Jun 6, 2024 / 14:15 pm (CNA).
A parish in the Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky, is openly promoting blessings for same-sex couples despite a Vatican directive that suggests such blessings should be “spontaneous… […]

No Picture
News Briefs

Pope Francis: Benedict XVI defended me in face of accusations ‘that I promoted gay marriage’

April 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 8

Pope Francis blesses a baby at his Wednesday general audience on March 20, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 3, 2024 / 17:30 pm (CNA).
In a new book interview with Pope Francis, the Holy F… […]

No Picture
News Briefs

Catholic chapel where two men celebrated ‘marriage’ now subject to deconsecration

February 28, 2024 Catholic News Agency 4

Both the pastor of nearby San Bernabé parish in El Escorial, Fr. Florentino de Andrés, along with the Archdiocese of Madrid, anticipate the deconsecration of the chapel as a result of the ceremony. / Credit: Zarateman/Wikimedia Commons

Madrid, … […]

No Picture
News Briefs

Greece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex marriage

February 16, 2024 Catholic News Agency 7

Greek Parliament Building in Athens, Greece. / Credit: Andrey Starostin/Shutterstock

CNA Staff, Feb 16, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
Greece this week legalized same-sex marriage at the national level, becoming the first officially Orthodox Christian … […]

The Dispatch

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… […]

The Dispatch

Cardinal Fernández: Vatican’s same-sex blessings guidance is ‘clear answer’ to German bishops

January 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 18

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa

Rome Newsroom, Jan 3, 2024 / 18:20 pm (CNA).
Amid significant confusion about the Vatican’s recent guidance on same-sex blessings, the document’s architect has lashed out at t… […]

The Dispatch

Chris Christie ties his shift on gay marriage to Vatican ruling on same-sex blessings

December 29, 2023 Catholic News Agency 42

GOP Presidential Candidate Chris Christie at a town Hall in Bedford, New Hampshire on Dec. 19, 2023. / Credit: Sophie Park/Getty Images

CNA Staff, Dec 29, 2023 / 17:30 pm (CNA).
Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie, once an opponent… […]

No Picture
News Briefs

Fiducia Supplicans ‘not a topic’ for Christmas season, Uruguayan cardinal says

December 27, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Daniel Sturla is Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay. / Credit: EWTN Noticias

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 27, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
Cardinal Daniel Sturla, archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay, said in a recent interview that the Fiducia Supplic… […]

No Picture
News Briefs

Same-sex blessings: Sinners can be blessed but not their sin, Spanish bishop says

December 20, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop José Ignacio Munilla of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain. / Credit: Archdiocese of Valladolid

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 20, 2023 / 18:30 pm (CNA).
The bishop of Orihuela-Alicante in Spain, José Ignacio Munilla, is focusing on the implications of pas… […]

The Dispatch

Bishops around the world are divided over Vatican’s same-sex blessing declaration  

December 20, 2023 Catholic News Agency 21

null / Credit: lunamarina/Shutterstock

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 20, 2023 / 18:10 pm (CNA).
Catholic bishops around the world are deeply divided on a Vatican declaration that permits nonliturgical blessings of homosexual couples:… […]

Posts navigation

1 2 3 »

The Dispatch: More from CWR

  • Australian bishops call on government to enforce country’s surrogacy ban

    Catholic News Agency July 16, 2025 0
  • Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate

    George Weigel July 16, 2025 6
  • Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, July 16, 2025

    CWR Staff July 16, 2025 11
  • The courts and recent pro-life developments

    Charles J. Russo July 15, 2025 3

Follow CWR on Facebook

  • Australian bishops call on government to enforce country’s surrogacy ban
  • Pope Leo XIV cheers on charity soccer match for children from war zones
  • Catholic cliffhanger: Future saint was an avid mountain climber  
  • ‘A living and discreet Church’: Despite persecution, Catholic faith endures in Saudi Arabia
  • Benedictine Abbey in Belgium temporarily dissolved following abuse allegations
  • Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate
  • Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, July 16, 2025
abortion Americas Asia - Pacific Catholic Church Catholic News COVID-19 Eucharist Europe Jesus Christ Middle East - Africa Pope Francis pro-life prolife prolife2023 prolife2024 religious freedom Ukraine Ukraine War US Vatican Vatican news
  • Fr Peter Morello PhD: Feser's argument for indefectibility would be better made in terms of formal pronouncement, since Honorius was judged guilty of heresy…
  • Bob: uhhh....we had punchcard bills, mainframe computers loaded by punchcards, into at least the 1980s, my first computer science class circa…
  • DeaconEdwardPeitler: I resonate with the adventures of Pier Frassati in the italian Alps. Back in 2001, my wife, two sons and…

Join Our Free Newsletter

Daily
Weekly


 
Search CWR
Follow Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email (Weekly Newsletter)
  • RSS
Recent Comments
  • Fr Peter Morello PhD on Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, July 16, 2025
  • Bob on Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate
  • DeaconEdwardPeitler on Catholic cliffhanger: Future saint was an avid mountain climber  
  • Marlene Gillette-Ibern on On the psychology of sin
  • Outis on Archdiocese of Santa Fe marks 80th anniversary of first nuclear bomb detonation
Also on CWR
General

Truth, Beauty, and Comic Books

Michael J. Lichens May 19, 2014 0

Like every other kind of fictional genre, comics have the power to spark the imagination and restore a sense of beauty. Their fantastic heroes, villains, and sweeping mythologies have become for us a paradigm for […]

  • Home
  • About / Contact
  • Free Newsletter
  • Advertising
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy Policy

© Catholic World Report

Our Spring Sale Has Started

You can see how this popup was set up in our step-by-step guide: https://wppopupmaker.com/guides/auto-opening-announcement-popups/

A FAITHFULLY CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVE

Sign up to receive a weekly email with news, analysis, and commentary from a voice you can trust!

* indicates required


Daily
Weekly