Tag: Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

VATICAN CITY -- Devotions at a Marian shrine in Spain that communicate Mary's "close and affectionate presence" can and should continue, the Dicastery for...

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican has made public its 1974 decision denying the authenticity of Marian apparitions alleged to have occurred in Amsterdam between...

VATICAN CITY  -- Being a Christian means defending human dignity and that includes opposing abortion, the death penalty, gender transition surgery, war, sexual abuse...

VATICAN CITY -- Five years after Pope Francis' summit on fighting clerical sexual abuse, a Rome lawyer had advice for religious women sexually abused...

VATICAN CITY-- The Catholic Church should revise its celibacy requirement for Latin-rite priests, a senior official in the Vatican's doctrinal office said. "If it were...

VATICAN CITY -- While bishops may take a cautious approach to the Vatican's guidance on blessing same-sex or other unmarried couples, they should not...

VATICAN CITY  -- U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, a former top Vatican official, met privately with Pope Francis Dec. 29, about a month after...

VATICAN CITY  -- The Vatican's affirmation that a priest can give an informal blessing to a gay couple who asks for one is not...

VATICAN CITY -- The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith's declaration on informally blessing same-sex couples or other non-married couples is a reminder...

VATICAN CITY -- Women who have conceived a child out of wedlock and have the courage to choose life for their baby "should be...