‘Non-Liturgical’ Blessings Do Not Exist
A recent Vatican News article used a 2000 instruction by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to justify the blessing of irregular couples.
Results from Tag: 'blessings'
Pope Francis: Blessings Don’t Require ‘Moral Perfection’
Pope Francis on Friday clarified the Vatican’s position on same-sex blessings, affirming the recent declaration. The Holy Father also turned his attention to the guiding principle of human dignity.
PHOTOS: Animals Blessed in St. Peter’s Square for Feast of St. Anthony Abbot
While many American Catholics associate the feast of St. Francis of Assisi with a blessing of animals, in Italy farmers traditionally celebrate the feast of St. Anthony Abbot, the patron saint of domestic animals
A Blessing Is a Blessing
It is of the nature of blessings that they convey a message of approval and support simply by being blessings.
7 Things to Know and Share About Blessings
What is a blessing? Who (or what) can be blessed? And what effect do blessings have?
Learning to Discern Blessings From Curses
COMMENTARY: Humility helps us to recognize a blessing, while pride often sees a blessing as a curse.
Cardinal Farrell on CDF's Ruling on Same Sex Unions: Blessings Are For Marriage, But Church’s Pastoral Life is For All
In his response, Cardinal Farrell underlined that the Church’s pastoral life is for everyone, but he said the distinction between sacramental marriage and other kinds of unions or partnerships is important.
Rome’s Franciscans to Provide ‘Blessing from Afar’ on Immaculate Conception Feast
Cardinal Angelo de Donatis, vicar general of the Diocese of Rome, composed a prayer of entrustment to Mary for Catholics to say from home on the solemnity.
Austrian Bishop: I Launched Study, Not Book, on Catholic Blessings for Same-Sex Couples
While Archbishop Lackner has been reported to have commissioned or even published the book, a spokesperson said June 18 that the archbishop put in motion a study project on same-sex liturgical blessings, but he did not oversee the publication of that particular text.
US Bishops: ‘We Are United in the Debt We Owe to God, Our Desire to Give Him Thanks’
A Thanksgiving Day message from the president and vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
