LGBTQ+ Catholics descend on Rome in Holy Year pilgrimage and celebrate a new sense of acceptance
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Hundreds of LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families descended on Rome for a Holy Year pilgrimage Saturday, celebrating a new level of acceptance in the Catholic Church after long feeling shunned and crediting Pope Francis with the change.
The vice president of the Italian Конференцията на епископите, свещеник Францеко Савино, отпразнува литургията за поклонниците в опакована Чиеса дел Гесу, главната йезуитска черква в Рим.
Няколко LGBTQ+ групи, подписани за присъединяване в поклонничеството, който беше посочен в формалния календар на Ватикана на събитията в поклонението. Vatican organizers stressed that listing in the calendar didn’t signal endorsement or sponsorship.
The main organizer of the pilgrimage was an Italian LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, “Jonathan’s Tent, ” but it also included Outreach, the U.S. group founded by the Rev. James Martin, a prominent Jesuit priest who has advocated for greater acceptance of LGBTQ+ Catholics in the Църква.
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