Same-sex blessings: Sinners can be blessed but not their sin, Spanish bishop says — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop José Ignacio Munilla of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain. / Credit: Archdiocese of Valladolid ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 20, 2023 / 18:30 pm (CNA). The bishop of Orihuela-Alicante in Spain, José Ignacio Munilla, is focusing on the implications of pastoral charity involved in blessing couples in irregular affective situations. The prelate shared his views on X, shortly…

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Dissenting priests in Syro-Malabar Church protest Pope Francis’ Christmas deadline  — By: Catholic News Agency

A liturgy at St. Mary’s Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church, Arakuzha, India. / Achayan via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Bangalore, India, Dec 20, 2023 / 17:50 pm (CNA). Tensions are rising within the Syro-Malabar Church in the Indian state of Kerala as the Vatican’s Dec. 25 deadline for priests to implement a “universal” liturgy or face…

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