US EditionLGBTQ+ Catholics make Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome and celebrate a new sense of acceptance
- More than 1,400 LGBTQ Catholics and supporters held a pilgrimage in Rome during the Catholic Church's 2025 Jubilee year, marking the first such event on the official program.
- The pilgrimage followed Pope Francis's 2023 decision allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, which sparked strong opposition from conservative Church branches, especially in Africa.
- Participants, including a transgender woman who walked 130 kilometers and others from 20 countries, took part in a mass at the Church of the Gesu and processed through the Vatican's Holy Door carrying a rainbow cross.
- Hugo, a 35-year-old participant from Quebec, viewed the event as a meaningful gesture that helped foster a greater sense of belonging and expressed optimism that it would encourage more acceptance of LGBTQ individuals within the Church.
- Despite Pope Francis's overtures, organizers and attendees acknowledged ongoing obstacles, especially regarding official blessings for same-sex marriages, and called for shifting mindsets among Catholics to foster inclusivity.
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L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics Have Jubilee With Pope’s Blessing, if Not His Presence
Hundreds of L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics processed through the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday to officially participate in the church’s quarter-centennial festival of renewal and forgiveness, a marked sign of acceptance in a church in which many felt shunned or excluded until recently. “It was a very special moment” for such Catholics to feel embraced, said Tyrone Grima, of Malta, who attended the event. For too long, they had “to hide, l…
On the occasion of the Jubilee Holy Year, 1,400 believers participated in the pilgrimage; they did not have their own papal audience.
More than 1,400 pilgrims participated on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 September in the Jubilee Year of the Church. This is the first time that such an event has been included in the official calendar of the Holy Year.
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ROME – A Sept. 5-7 pilgrimage of roughly 2,000 LGBTQ+ Catholics to Rome as part of the ongoing Jubilee Year, which is not formally part of the calendar of official celebrations but which never nevertheless has been welcomed by some church officials, culminates today with a procession of participants into St. Peter’s Square for the pope’s traditional noontime Angelus address. Among many Vatican-watchers, pundits and activists – especially, of cou…
LGBTQ faithful make pilgrimage
VATICAN CITY — More than 1,000 LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families participated in a Holy Year pilgrimage Saturday to Rome, celebrating a new level of acceptance in the Catholic Church after long feeling shunned, and crediting the late Pope Francis…
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Fox NewsLGBTQ Catholics march through St. Peter’s Basilica in Jubilee rite as Vatican calendar entry stirs controversy
Over 1,000 LGBTQ Catholics and their families walked through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica this weekend as part of a Jubilee pilgrimage listed on the Vatican’s official Holy Year calendar. The event appeared under the neutral title “Pilgrimage of the Tenda di Gionata Association (Jonathan’s Tent) and other associations” for Sept. 6, 2025 on their website. The listing marks the first time an LGBTQ pilgrimage has been included in the Vati…
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