Book of a lifetime: Blessings by Mary Craig. From The Independent archive: Peter Stanford on why he keeps returning to this remarkable memoir of suffering and faith . Saturday 24 June 2023 09:30 BST.

The Church’s Book of Blessings notes who can perform which individual blessings. Sometimes this will be the bishop, sometimes a priest, sometimes a deacon, sometimes a layperson, and sometimes a ...

— Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, A Book of Blessings “Make us worthy, Lord, to serve our fellow men throughout the world who live and die in poverty and hunger.

Vatican City • In an unprecedented opening by the Catholic Church toward welcoming LGBTQ people, the Vatican’s Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith approved the blessing of same-sex couples ...

FILE - Same-sex couples take part in a public blessing ceremony in front of the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, on Sept. 20, 2023. Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to ...

There is no blessing for same-sex couples in the thick book of blessings published by the U.S. Conference of Bishops. Instead he selected a favorite of his own from the Old Testament.