The Women of the Wall group held Passover holiday prayers at the Western Wall, but did not hold a priestly blessing ceremony, after being banned by Israel’s attorney general. Some 200 women arrived at ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of people gathered at the holiest Jewish prayer site in Jerusalem on Tuesday for the traditional priestly blessing. The “Birkat Cohanim,” or Cohen’s blessing, is a ...

Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Western Wall for the traditional Priestly Blessing. The worshippers – estimated by the office of the rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Sites in Israel at ...

The Catholic Church has lost touch with the "living reality" of LGBT+ people, said one of more than 100 German priests who ...

Priestly blessing (Birkat HaKohanim) takes place at the Western Wall (archive) The Western Wall Heritage Foundation is preparing for the annual surge of Jews from across the country and around the ...

The “Birkat Cohanim,” or Cohen’s blessing, is a ritual dating back to over 2,500 years ago when King Solomon’s Temple stood on the same site. The blessing is performed by Jewish men who can trace ...

A group of 90 Catholic priests, scholars and authors are asking bishops and cardinals to reject a Vatican declaration that approved the pastoral, nonliturgical blessings of same-sex couples and to ...

BALTIMORE - Pope Francis has formally approved Catholic priests blessing same-sex couples, according to a new document released on Monday, explaining the Vatican policy change. However, the Pope ...

LGBTQ+ advocates are celebrating a declaration issued Monday confirming that Pope Francis has approved the blessing of same-sex unions – but not everyone is happy about this. Many conservative ...

(RNS) — Some LGBTQ couples were blessed by Catholic priests before the Vatican declaration came down — whether or not the Vatican approved. (RNS) — A day after the Vatican’s doctrinal office declared ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of worshippers packed Jerusalem's Western Wall plaza on Wednesday to receive a blessing from members of Judaism's priestly caste. Holding prayers shawls above ...