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 ...

A Book of Blessings provides formulas for everything from blessing a new home or a safe voyage to blessings for elderly people and seeds at planting time.

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.