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In the week before this year’s International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia (IDAHOT) on May 17th, numerous prayer vigils in remembrance of victims of homotransphobia will once again be held in several Italian cities, as well as in various other countries in Europe and South America. Info incontri@gionata.org.

 

The biblical verse> Be strong and take heart, and have no fear of them: for it is the Lord your God who is going with you; he will not take away his help from you (Deuteronomy 31:6)

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To love and to be loved. Why, as a Gay Catholic, I Want to Join the LGBTQ Jubilee Pilgrimage to St. Peter’s

Testimony of Hector Lee (United States), participant in the Jubilee Pilgrimage of “La Tenda di Gionata and other associations” with LGBT+ Christians, their families, and the pastoral workers who accompany them. Some 25 years ago, I came out as gay but I had difficulty integrating my gay identity with my Catholic faith. It was a time of deep depression. During...

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LGBT+ Jubilee Pilgrimage: Bishop Savino – “It’s not about hosting, but about recognizing that everyone already belongs here”

In Italy, the Gionata portal today, August 15, 2025, published a lengthy interview by Sara Spera with Francesco Savino, bishop of Cassano all’Jonio and vice president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, who has made closeness and welcome the heart of his pastoral ministry. Attentive to the least and to those who live on the margins, he is unafraid to remind...

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Under the Same Sky, We Will Keep Watch: Prayer Vigils Against Homotransphobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (May 2025)

Once again this year, around May 17— the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia—LGBTQ+ Christians, together with many Christian communities across Italy and Europe, will light a candle in the night. Through ecumenical prayer vigils and Sunday services, they will unite to say: Enough with violence, prejudice, and hatred against people simply for being themselves. Under the same sky,...

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LGBT+ Catholics in a Synodal Church

This text by Fr. Timothy Radcliffe OP was presented at the LGBT+ Catholics in a Synodal Church: Voices from a Journey conference, held on 25 May 2024, as part of the 25th anniversary celebration of LGBT+ Catholics Westminster I am so sorry that I cannot be with you today. I have such happy memories of the time when I was...

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“Crossing a River by Stepping on Stones”. Being an LGBTQ+ Catholic in China

Dialogue between Alessandro Previti and Eros Shaw, a young gay Chinese Catholic, carried out within the framework of the Cornerstone Project* Eros Shaw is a young LGBTQ+ Catholic in China, where he obtained a master’s degree in theology. In the book Blessed Are Those Who Mourn: Chinese Tongzhi Catholics’ Tales (published by SIRD, 2022), he shares his journey as a...

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Project Cornerstone: Integrative training for the inclusion of LGBT+ christians

The Cornerstone Project for all of 2025 aims to gather and share diverse testimonies and reflections on the inclusion of LGBT+ Christians and their families within our Christian communities (both Catholic and Evangelical). What are the challenges, opportunities, and practical ways to make this inclusion a reality? What issues does it raise, and what possibilities does it open up? Can...