Gay marriage

Catholic women’s groups protest Vatican’s gay union stance
- Apr 1, 2021
Five Catholic women’s organizations in German-speaking areas have released an open letter calling for the Vatican to reverse its position that priests cannot bless same-sex unions.

By Associated Press
Belgian bishop lashes out at Vatican over gay unions decree
- Mar 17, 2021
A Belgian bishop has lashed out at the Vatican over its decree that the Catholic Church won’t bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin.”

By Raf Casert
Bishops support measure to protect faith-based foster agencies
- Mar 16, 2021
Three U.S. Bishops Conference chairmen affirmed Monday their support for First Amendment protections for faith-based foster care and adoption providers with legislation introduced that aims to ensure those institutions continue to receive funding.

By John Lavenburg

Swiss bishops say ‘marriage equality’ proposal ignores rights of children
- Dec 9, 2020
Switzerland’s proposed “marriage equality” law is an attempt to resolve “problems of discrimination by ignoring the differences” between a civil union and a marriage, said the country’s bishops.

By Catholic News Service

Court weighs challenge to Colorado discrimination law
- Nov 17, 2020
A Colorado web designer should not have to create wedding websites for same-sex couples under the state’s anti-discrimination law because it would amount to forced speech that violates her religious beliefs, a lawyer told an appeals court Monday.

By Colleen Slevin
Transcript shows pope’s distinction between gay marriage, civil unions
- Oct 27, 2020
When Pope Francis said gay people have a right to be in a family and that gay couples needed some form of civil law to protect their rights, he was not saying that gay couples should have a right to adopt children.

By Cindy Wooden
Fiasco over pope’s cut civil union quote intensifies impact
- Oct 24, 2020
The world premiere of a documentary on Pope Francis was supposed to have been a bright spot for a papacy locked down by a pandemic and besieged by a corruption scandal, recalling Francis’ glory days traveling the world to bless the oppressed.

By Nicole Winfield
Pope’s civil union words spark reactions around the globe
- Oct 23, 2020
Across the globe, Pope Francis’s comments endorsing same-sex civil unions were received by some as encouragement for an advancing struggle and condemned by others as an earth-shaking departure from church doctrine.

By María Verza and Christopher Sherman