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On Monday, the Vatican declared that the Catholic Church would not bless same-sex unions because God “cannot bless sin.” The Vatican’s orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a formal response to a question about whether Catholic clergy have the authority to bless gay unions, the Associated Press reports. The answer,…

Remembering the millions of men, women and children who died at the hands of the Holocaust is part of our past that we must commit to reflecting on, even with the passage of time. Speaking to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square January 26th, the pope said that “in the face of this immense tragedy, this…

Pope Francis’ longtime atheist friend and interviewer, Eugenio Scalfari is making headlines again. He now claims in his new book and La República that Pope Francis told him that Jesus Christ did not rise bodily from the dead but “in the semblance of a spirit.” This statement contradicts not only the teachings of the Church…

The pope opened up debate on whether the Catholic Church should loosen its 1,000-year-old celibacy requirement for priests at a three-week meeting of bishops. It is the most controversial proposal at the meeting and an attempt to ease the Amazon region’s shortage of Catholic priests. Since 1965, there has been almost a 30 percent decrease…

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