May your marriage always bring glory to God, joy to one another and blessings to your family for many generations ... Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the ...

Each one of us in marriage is expected to provide a positive spiritual influence for our spouse. This presupposes that we ...

In the Catholic Church, a blessing is a rite consisting of a ceremony and prayers performed in the name and with the authority of the Church by a duly qualified minister by which persons or things are ...

Pope Francis formally approved letting Catholic ... suggested such blessings could be offered under some circumstances if the blessings weren’t confused with the ritual of marriage.

It added that it continues to view marriage as between a man and ... according to the declaration. In the Catholic Church, a blessing is a prayer or plea, usually delivered by a minister, asking ...

The Catholic Church does ... Church have the power to give the blessing to unions of persons of the same sex?". It replied: "Negative". The CDF noted that marriage between a man and a woman ...

reaffirming that marriage is a lifelong union between a man and a woman. And it stresses that blessings in question must not be tied to any specific Catholic celebration or religious service and ...

TASS/. The Roman Catholic Church’s doctrine of marriage and family remains unchanged even after the release of a relevant Vatican declaration, and the blessing of same-sex couples is ...

This is a policy change like never before for the Vatican, as the head of the Catholic church has always been vehemently against same sex marriage. “Ultimately, a blessing offers people a means ...

It reaffirms that marriage is a lifelong union between a man and a woman. The document stresses that these types of blessings must not be tied to any specific Catholic celebration or religious ...