Catholic bishops in conservative countries are pushing back on the Vatican’s document allowing blessings for individuals in same-sex relationships. Episcopal conferences in African nations have been the most vocal prelates opposed to the implementation of “Fiducia supplicans” — the document which approved pastoral blessings given to people in same-sex relationships …
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The Vatican’s top diplomat on Monday condemned both Hamas’ “inhuman and indefensible” Oct. 7 attacks and Israel’s “ongoing massacre” in Gaza, warning that even legitimate self-defense cannot justify the destruction of a “largely defenseless population.” Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state and one of Pope Leo XIV’s advisers, …
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