“For this reason, we, the African bishops, do not consider it appropriate for Africa to bless homosexual unions or same-sex couples because, in our context, this would cause confusion and would ...

The Roman Catholic bishops of Africa and Madagascar on Thursday issued a statement refusing to follow Pope Francis' declaration permitting priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples.

Catholic bishops of Africa rejected Pope Francis’ recent declaration permitting priests to bless same-sex couples, underscoring global divisions over the pontiff’s liberalization toward ...

Africa’s Catholic hierarchy refuses same-sex blessings, says such unions are contrary to God’s will. Congolese Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo said it wasn’t appropriate for African priests to ...

In a rebuke to Pope Francis, the Catholic bishops of Africa issued a statement refusing to follow his declaration allowing priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples.

Pope Francis has addressed criticism over his consent to priests to bless same-sex couples, saying the pushback from African bishops was “a special case” influenced by culture.

Bishops in Africa said they could not apply the “pastoral” blessings proposed in the Vatican declaration Fiducia Supplicans without causing scandal, in a collective response to the document ...

The Vatican’s recent declaration allowing the blessing of same-sex couples caused a stir around the globe, but perhaps most of all in Africa, a rising center of the Roman Catholic Church’s future.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 11, 2024 / 14:25 pm. In response to new Vatican guidelines permitting nonliturgical pastoral blessings of homosexual couples, the bishops of Africa issued a united ...

In the greatest rebuke yet to Pope Francis, the Catholic bishops of Africa and Madagascar issued a unified statement Thursday refusing to follow his declaration allowing priests to offer blessings ...