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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...

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Why has it been so difficult for the Catholic church to reach out to LGBTQ people?

Text by James Martin* SJ taken from Recognition of LGBTIQ+ Persons in the Church, Booklets, no.185, Cristianisme i Justícia, Barcelona, September 2022, pp. 2-5. Why has it been so difficult for the Catholic church to reach out to LGBTQ people? Why does the church lag so far behind secular organizations, and even other churches, who have made this community feel...

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Vote for Bible verse that will unite prayer vigils to overcome homophobia 2025

Vote online for the Bible verse that will guide the prayer vigils and Sunday services in May 2025, dedicated to overcoming the violence of homotransbiphobia and all forms of discrimination. Since 2007, believers from various denominations – Waldensians, Catholics, Methodists, Baptists, and many others – have come together in May to pray alongside LGBT+ Christians and their families, breaking the...

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El delegado del papa para el Jubileo dice que “nadie, desde asociaciones de homosexuales a los más pobres, quedará excluido”

Entrevista realizada por Cristina Cabrejas, Agencia EFE (España), 23 diciembre 2024 El delegado del papa Francisco para la organización del Jubileo, monseñor Rino Fisichella, asegura en una entrevista a EFE, a pocos días del inicio de esta cita tan importante para la Iglesia católica, que nadie, desde asociaciones de homosexuales a los más pobres, quedará excluido del gran evento que...