The Vatican has taken a different stance than Pope Francis by saying Catholic Churches cannot bless same-sex marriages. The Holy See made this announcement on March 15, 2021. Recently, Pope Francis has approved LGBTQ marriages — which has threatened to widen the chasm between the LGBTQ community and the church. In a lengthy note released […]
The Archbishop of Washington, D.C., Wilton Gregory has become the first Black American Cardinal. This historic event took place on Nov.28, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony had to be altered. Two of the 13 new cardinals were unable to attend the ceremony held in Rome. Gregory had been quarantining for the past […]
Mother Teresa, Pope John Paul II and Father Junipero Serra are some of the better known (at least in the U.S.) people canonized as saints by Pope Francis in the last two years. During his pontificate that began in 2013, Pope Francis has made 29 people saints under the procedure in place for a long […]
