Category: Faith and homosexuality

Pope Francis LGBT+ people "have called by name". The Church and my hopes for the future

Testimony taken from an interview published on Sky News (United Kingdom) on 9 May 2025. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata project. "What emerges, also from my personal experience, is that before Francesco's pontificate many of our realities were unpronounceable in the Catholic Church", says Paolo Spina, 38 -year -old Italian doctor (and partner of the La Tento di ...

The prayer of a LGBTQ Catholic waiting for the conclave

Riflessioni di Christopher Vella*, pubblicato su Outreach (Stati Uniti) il 2 maggio 2025.Liberamente tradotte dai volontari del Progetto Gionata È passata solo una settimana da quando il mondo si è fermato per piangere la perdita del nostro caro parroco universale, il nostro pastore buono e santo: Papa Francesco. Ora che il suo corpo riposa nella Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore,...

The blessing gives strength to love. Blessings for couples who love each other

Subsidy for pastoral operators drawn up by the joint conference of the German Episcopal Conference and the Central Committee of German Catholics (Zdk), published on April 4, 2025. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata project. «The Church wants to announce, with words and facts, the message of every person dignity donated by God. This message guides his attitude towards ...

For Christians LGBT+ the joy has been transformed into mourning for the loss of Pope Francis

Declaration of Joe Stanley, president of the Pastoral Council of the LGBT+ Catholics of Westminster of April 21, 2025. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata project. It is with deep pain that the LGBT+ Catholic community of Westminster learns of the death of Pope Francis. This pain is mitigated by the certainty that will be welcomed in the kingdom of heaven with open arms and ...