More than 100 Roman Catholic parishes in Germany offered blessings to gay couples on May 10 in defiance of church teaching and their own bishops. The call for nationwide blessings came in response to a decree issued by the Vatican on March 15, reinforcing the church’s...
Debate has emerged in France due to news about the diocese of Tours helping fund a new Muslim worship center. According to La Nouvelle République, Salah Merabti, president of the Muslim community of Indreet-Loire — which is about 150 miles southwest of Paris —...
A German Catholic group appealed on May 8 to the country’s bishops to unite with Rome amid a day of protest at the Vatican’s “no” to same-sex blessings. The initiative “Maria 1.0” called on the bishops to stop the blessing celebrations for same-sex partnerships...
Pope Francis has signed a new anti-corruption law for the Vatican, which prohibits employees from using tax havens investing in companies that go against Church teaching. “Faithfulness in things of little account is related, according to Scripture, to faithfulness in...
The Vatican’s divine worship office announced May 1 the addition of seven new invocations to the Litany of St Joseph. The seven invocations, in Latin, are Custos Redemptoris, Serve Christi, Minister salutis, Fulcimen in difficultatibus, Patrone exsulum, Patrone...
