Candidates for the seminary should not be disqualified based on sexual orientation, according to new church guidelines in ...
A new document by the Italian bishops’ conference states that being openly gay no longer bars candidates from discerning the ...
Pope Francis is praying for victims and rescuers trying to control the wildfires in California that have killed at least 11 ...
The Vatican has approved new guidelines saying gay men to train as priests in Italy, provided they do not 'flaunt' their ...
Pope Francis, 88, has throughout his papacy encouraged a more inclusive Roman Catholic Church, including for LGBTQ Catholics, ...
The Vatican passed a new ruling allowing priesthood applicants in Italy to be gay—as long as they remain celibate. The New ...
While the requirement for celibacy remains for all priests, the newly approved guidelines encourage churches to view ...
The Vatican has approved new guidelines from Italian bishops that allow gay men to enter seminaries as long as they abstain from sex, in an unexpected adjustment to how the global Catholic Church ...
Bishop Dominique Rey of the Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon announced his resignation three years early at the request of Pope ...
The Vatican has approved new guidelines that allow gay men to become priests as long as they abstain from sex ...
Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic ...
Young gay men can train to become Catholic priests in Italy but not if they "support the so-called gay culture" say Vatican ...