(Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images) On Friday ... His insistence that people who do not meet the church’s ideals of marriage and sexuality can still “grow in the life of grace” will outrage ...

Bridget Burke Ravizza's recently published work, The Sacrament of Same-Sex Marriage: An Inclusive Vision for the Catholic Church unsettles supposedly settled doctrine. Burke Ravizza is a Catholic ...

He also made it clear blessings are not to be confused with the sacrament of marriage. In a letter the Vatican published on Monday, the pope addressed questions abouthomosexual unions and ...

as the Church recognizes the sacrament of marriage as an indissoluble union between a man and a woman. "Last year you decided to allow Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples," CBS "60 Minutes ...

In that preliminary response, Francis suggested such blessings could be offered under some circumstances if they didn’t confuse the ritual with the sacrament of marriage. The new document ...

In that preliminary response, Francis suggested such blessings could be offered under some circumstances if they didn’t confuse the ritual with the sacrament of marriage. The new document ...

In celebration, he will give a lecture on his dissertation topic: Marriage as a Healing Sacrament: Marriage Preparation in Light of St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body and 1960 Retreat for Engaged ...