In Trieste on Pride the world of faith is divided, between prayers against and the participation of LGBT Christians of the Rùah project
Article Lilli GoriUP published in the newspaper Il Piccolo on June 6, 2019, page 3
The pride "divides" Christianity (of Trieste). At the same time as the city procession, a rosary will take place "in defense of the natural family, based on the legitimate union between men and women», Organized by some Mariani prayer groups. The opposite sensitivity is the community of LGBT Christians, which instead claims participation in Pride precisely as people of Christian faith. The diocese of Trieste in all this declares itself "outside of every controversy and every intervention".
Let's go in order. As mentioned at 16.15 on Saturday, therefore in conjunction with the Pride, there will be a prayer in the parish of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary. The place also appears significant. The church in question is behind Piazza Unità, where the procession will pass in favor of the rights of LGBT people, and is known to often celebrate Latin Mass, as was used before the Second Vatican Council.
The parish priest, Don Stefano Canonico, explains that Saturday's initiative is due to the four main Marian groups of the city: "They asked me for hospitality and I welcomed them".
The spokesman for these groups is Salvatore Porro, who sits on the scrapets of Fratelli d'Italia in the City Council in Trieste. "We organized a day in defense of the natural and Catholic family - says Porro - but we have nothing against sisters and gay brothers: please for their conversion, just as I do for all sinners ». In the sense that homosexuality is a shame? «Catechism is clear about sodomy. However, I repeat that the initiative is not against people but in favor of the family".
The diocese, as anticipated, keeps out of it and makes it known through Don Ettore Malnati, the right arm of the bishop, that "we want social and civil peace. Evidently it must be an initiative of the parish priest of the Blessed Virgin, who therefore assumes responsibility for it. We have even anticipated the Pentecost vigil, from Saturday to Friday, in order not to give rise to misunderstandings or controversy due to the concomitance ». With the Curia, the old Istrocatolic Leone Bruno Marini, currently currently city councilor of Forza Italia: «Praying never hurts but this rosary risks being exploited by ultra -integralists present within the catholic world. i share the Line of great prudence adopted by the bishop, it being understood that for me the Pride is a carnavalated: i respect homosexual people but i think they are not discriminated against in western societies, unlike what happens in islamic ones".
The Rùah Project Association, which represents LGBT people by Christian Faith in Friuli Venezia Giulia and Eastern Veneto, will instead be present at the final parade of Pride "to testify, by christians. that love is God is for everyone – reads a note -. Similarly the May 18 we watched over to overcome homotransphobia and for the celebration of diversity, together with many people and as many representatives of civil society".
Their broken will be made recognizable, inside the procession, by the Rùah banner and the many yellow shirts with a red heart in the center. On t-shirts it says: "Love your neighbor as yourself".
