vatican /tags/vatican vatican en-US Copyright Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:05:00 GMT Vatican Says Catholic Church Cannot Bless Same-Sex Marriages /news-partners/2021-03-15/vatican-says-catholic-church-cannot-bless-same-sex-marriages "The presence in such relationships of positive elements ... cannot justify these relationships and render them legitimate objects of an ecclesial blessing," the Vatican said Monday. Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:05:00 GMT /news-partners/2021-03-15/vatican-says-catholic-church-cannot-bless-same-sex-marriages Bill Chappell New Vatican Guidance Urges Clergy To Report Cases Of Sexual Abuse /news-partners/2020-07-16/new-vatican-guidance-urges-clergy-to-report-cases-of-sexual-abuse A step-by-step manual for investigating and reporting sexual abuse cases involving clergy calls on church authorities to alert civilian officials even if not required to do so by law. Thu, 16 Jul 2020 20:24:11 GMT /news-partners/2020-07-16/new-vatican-guidance-urges-clergy-to-report-cases-of-sexual-abuse David Welna As Pope Holds Sex Abuse Summit, U.S. Catholics Not Hopeful For 'Bold Moves' /news-partners/2019-02-20/as-pope-holds-sex-abuse-summit-u-s-catholics-not-hopeful-for-bold-moves American Catholics have become disappointed as Pope Francis described the meeting as featuring "prayer and discernment" — hardly an ambitious vision for what could have been a momentous event. Wed, 20 Feb 2019 13:02:46 GMT /news-partners/2019-02-20/as-pope-holds-sex-abuse-summit-u-s-catholics-not-hopeful-for-bold-moves Tom Gjelten Vatican Insists U.S. Bishops Put Off Vote On Their Response To Sexual Abuse Crisis /news-partners/2018-11-12/vatican-insists-u-s-bishops-put-off-vote-on-their-response-to-sexual-abuse-crisis "At the insistence of the Holy See, we will not be voting" on a standard of conduct and other actions, said Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Mon, 12 Nov 2018 20:00:24 GMT /news-partners/2018-11-12/vatican-insists-u-s-bishops-put-off-vote-on-their-response-to-sexual-abuse-crisis Bill Chappell Vatican's Meeting Of Bishops Is Overshadowed By Abuse Allegations /news-partners/2018-10-08/vaticans-meeting-of-bishops-is-overshadowed-by-abuse-allegations As the Catholic Church deals with new sex-abuse revelations, the pope opened a three-week gathering of bishops in Rome Saturday on how to make the Church relevant for young people. Mon, 08 Oct 2018 11:25:00 GMT /news-partners/2018-10-08/vaticans-meeting-of-bishops-is-overshadowed-by-abuse-allegations Sylvia Poggioli