4+ hour, 47+ min ago  (357+ words) The General Secretariat of the Synod, led by Cardinal Mario Grech, released the sixth of 15 final reports of the study groups established by Pope Francis during the synod on synodality'as well as a portion of another report. "Theological criteria and…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (410+ words) The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has released a 2024 letter stating that "Blessings for couples who love one another," a document then under consideration by the German bishops, violates Fiducia Supplicans, the dicastery's declaration on the pastoral meaning…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (259+ words) Bishop Georg B'tzing of Limburg, the former chairman of the German bishops" conference, and Irme Stetter-Karp, president of the lay Central Committee of German Catholics, defended the blessing of same-sex couples and of couples who remarried outside the Church, after…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (168+ words) " Continue to this story on Catholic World Report CWN Editor's Note: Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, Germany, has implemented a document providing for the blessing of same-sex couples, as well as couples that have remarried outside the Church....

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (153+ words) " Continue to this story on National Catholic Reporter CWN Editor's Note: Francis De Bernardo, the executive director of New Ways Ministry, wrote that 17 bishops have attended dialogues organized by the group since 2023. New Ways Ministry was the subject of a…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (110+ words) " Continue to this story on Religion Clause CWN Editor's Note: The United States Supreme Court agreed to rule on whether religious schools may be excluded from state programs for adhering to traditional Christian teaching on sexuality. The Becket Fund, which…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (400+ words) The president of the Ghana Catholic Bishops" Conference issued a statement emphasizing the importance of the national debate over Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill after the nation"s president, John Mahama, said that the legislation is "not the…...

4+ week, 7+ hour ago  (242+ words) The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a New York statute, The Long-Term Care Facility Residents" Bill of Rights for LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers and People Living with HIV. The sisters, who care for terminally ill…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (216+ words) " Continue to this story on Religion Clause CWN Editor's Note: In an 8-1 decision, the United States Supreme Court struck down the State of Colorado's ban on attempts by licensed counselors to change the perceived sexual orientation or gender identity of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (253+ words) The Ghana Catholic Bishops" Conference lent its support to the nation"s president, John Mahama, after a university in Pennsylvania withdrew a planned honorary degree. It is "both surprising and regrettable" that "the Embassy received a communication from the University…...