There were nearly as many opposite-sex civil marriages (6,392) in Ireland in 2024 as there were opposite-sex Catholic wedding ...

Sarah S. Brannen, a children’s author and illustrator, published her first book, about a young girl’s anxiety surrounding her ...

April 26 marks the 25th anniversary of civil unions becoming state law in Vermont. Here's why it's so significant.

Holly Puterbaugh and Lois Farnham, one of three same-sex couples to sue Vermont for marriage rights, view civil unions as a key step to marriage equality ...

After a tumultuous papacy, Pope Francis leaves the Chair of Peter with faithful American Catholics anticipating a return to orthodoxy.

Some expressed concern that the edits could lead to the removal of conscience protections for member congregations that are ...

The papacy of Pope Francis ended with the same core doctrine for LGBTQ+ people that he had inherited. The Catholic Church still rejected same-sex marriage and condemned any sexual relations between ...

When he was elevated to the papacy in 2013, Pope Francis was widely expected to shake up the Catholic Church, to liberals’ delight and conservatives’ horror. Such ancient teachings as the Church’s ...

An Oklahoma state senator warned that the Supreme Court's decision enshrining same-sex marriage rights is not "settled law." ...

When Kent and Diego Love-Ramirez exchanged vows at the MSU Alumni Chapel in 2007, their ceremony wasn't legally recognized by the state of Michigan, but it ...

A custody dispute before Ohio’s Supreme Court could change parental rights for same-sex partners who never married. The case centers around two women who split before gay marriage became legal in Ohio ...

Comedian Fortune Feimster's marriage to her longtime partner, Jacquelyn Smith, appears to have an irreconcilable phase.