Pope Francis reached out to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, but also drew unusual opposition

Queer community celebrates 50 years of dicrimination protection

(The Center Square) – Milton Shapp may not be a household name in Pennsylvania homes today, but the state’s 40th governor remains a symbol of allyship and early advocacy for equal rights in the queer community.

From this morning on, people will be able to pay the last tribute to the deceased Pope Francis. He will be buried in St. Peter's Basilica. Preparations for the great funeral and the conclave will take place.

GLAAD leaders call Pope Francis "a transformational leader who included LGBTQ people"

GLAAD, the world's largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, is reacting to the death of Pope Francis.GLAAD leadership called Pope Francis, "a transformational leader who included LGBTQ people in historic ways." Ross Murray, Vice President of the GLAAD Media Institute and a Lutheran deacon met Pope Francis in 2023. Murray gave him a handmade stole made by his mother. "I presented this rainbow stole to him and described that my mother handmade t…

'A blessing to the gay community.' Pope Francis' legacy remembered across central NC

"I loved his humanity. I loved his emphasis on reaching out to all those who felt marginalized."

For Pope Francis, migrants were never numbers or statistics, but people and stories, so he left it to the rulers, organizations, communities and Church to accept them, protect them, promote them and integrate them, Francis Javier Calvillo Salazar highlighted after his death. Argentine Jesuit Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who was elected as head of the Catholic Church in March 2013 and died yesterday at the age of 88, will always be remembered as “the P…

Leo Varadkar: The way Pope Francis reached out to LGBTQ+ people and refugees made a difference

The former Taoiseach said it is easy to forget that it is still a crime to be a gay or lesbian person in many countries across the globe.