“I say: Bring your pet. Bring your dog and cat. I am a Haitian, and I am not going to eat them ,” said the Rev. Jean Beniste, ...

Just days after Pope Francis made headlines approving the blessing of same-sex unions, a priest in Poland has been arrested after a gay sex scandal rocked the Catholic Church there. In September ...

Jesus was a tremendous preacher and teacher. He taught large crowds, small groups and individuals. Sometimes he taught in ...

There is to be no blessing of a new home unless those who will live in it are present. A minister who is a priest or deacon greets those present in the following or other suitable words ...

1. Any priest may confer the blessings of the Church, except those reserved to the Pope, to bishops, or to others. * A reserved blessing which is conferred by a priest who does not have the ...

Don’t count the wrinkles, count the blessings. I love you. Happy birthday! Baby, we may need a fire extinguisher to put out all the candles on this cake. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to the ...

a blessing still reserved for descendants of the ancient priesthood. Whatever we may think of priests in theory, this purely priestly spectacle is undeniably one of the most moving moments in the ...

Priests in around 100 Catholic churches in Germany are offering blessings to same-sex couples from Monday. The Love Wins movement emerged after the Catholic Church said in March that God "cannot ...

Same-sex couples take part in a public blessing ceremony in front of the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, on Sept. 20. In Germany, individual priests have been blessing same-sex couples for ...

CONCORD, N.H. (RNS) — At St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Concord, New Hampshire, the Rev. Jean Beniste, a Haitian immigrant and Episcopal priest turned internet curses into blessings during an ...