African bishops: ‘No blessing for homosexual couples in the African Churches’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). / Credit: François-Régis Salefran, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 11, 2024 / 14:25 pm (CNA). In response to new Vatican guidelines permitting nonliturgical pastoral blessings of homosexual couples, the bishops of Africa issued a united…

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Bishop Barron: Surrogacy results in ‘commercialization of women and children’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Robert Barron. / Credit: Archdiocese of Los Angeles Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 11, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). Speaking on behalf of the U.S. bishops, Bishop Robert Barron condemned the practice of surrogacy, joining Pope Francis in calling it a “grave injustice” that results in the “commercialization of women and children.” Barron, who is…

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