It is out of step with the continent’s values, many bishops say, and threatens to derail expansion in the church’s fastest growing region in the world. By John Eligon Reporting from Mthatha, South ...

Cardinal Stephen Brislin, the spokesperson for the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, said that the conference “has taken a slightly different stand from the rest of Africa” on the Vatican ...

Reaffirming their fidelity to the pope and the Gospel, Catholic bishops in Africa have released a common response to a recent Vatican declaration, saying they "generally prefer" not to offer blessings ...

Bishops in several African countries will not allow blessings for same-sex couples as opposition to a Vatican declaration continues to grow on the continent, but bishops globally remain heavily ...

Pope Francis has addressed criticism over his consent to priests to bless same-sex couples, saying the pushback from African bishops was “a special case” influenced by culture. The Symposium of ...

Pope Francis suggested that the opposition to the Vatican’s approval of nonliturgical blessings for same-sex couples mostly comes from “small ideological groups” with the exception of Africa, which he ...

MTHATHA, South Africa — The Vatican’s recent declaration allowing the blessing of same-sex couples caused a stir around the world, but perhaps most of all in Africa, a rising center of the Roman ...