Category: Groups in Italy

Catholics LGBT+ A Hong Kong. If we talk, will we be listened to in the Catholic Church?

Reflections by Yip Lai Shan*, published in the book "Blessed Are Those Who Mourn: Chinese Tongzhi Catholics' Tales" (Blessed are those who cry: Tales of Catholics Chinese Tongzi) edited by Eros Shaw, Mark Larrimore and Michael Clifton, Sird publisher (Malaysia), 2022, pp.265-280. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata project writing these reflections is not easy for me, because my study focuses ...

Mosaiko and Jubilee 2025. On the way to the Holy Door in Rome

Il prossimo 6 settembre 2025, Mosaiko parteciperà con entusiasmo al pellegrinaggio Giubilare de “La Tenda di Gionata e altre associazioni”, un evento che si preannuncia come un’importante occasione di riflessione spirituale e di grande partecipazione.  Il pellegrinaggio, che vedrà la partecipazione di numerose realtà nazionali e del mondo LGBT+ cristiano cattolico, sarà un momento di unione, condivisione e testimonianza di...

We young LGBT+ Christians and our meeting with Pope Francis

Testimony of Lorenzo Michele and Riccardo of the Kairós Giovani group of Florence “GO ON LIKE THIS!!! The Lord loves you." These are the words of the Holy Father that on 9 October 2024, at the end of the General Audience, he wanted to address to us young LGBTQIA+ Christians, Riccardo and Lorenzo Michele, of the Kairos group of Florence. Accompanying us were Sister Genevieve and Don...

In the Marche with the “Natanaele” group for LGBTQ+ Christians

The Gospel of John (Jn 1, 43-51) presents us Natanaele, a young man who is thirsty for truth, who reflects and prays under the fig tree. Natanaele does not create false expectations, it has a disenchanted look at the world. But Natanaele is not alone; He has Filippo for a friend who says "come and see" indicating Christ. Filippo's friendship is that experience of ...

In Rome with Young Oikos, the group for Young Rainbow Christians

With great joy and a spirit of openness, Young Oikos is born, the new path of the Mosaiko group designed specifically for all young LGBT+ Christians, with the aim of creating a space for reflection, sharing and conviviality. A place where you can be yourself, walk together in faith and grow spiritually, in full harmony with the message of love and...

Walking in Turin with Maranathà, an LGBT+ prayer group

Maranathà, an LGBT+ prayer and sharing group from Turin, was born in 2022 and is mainly made up of LGBT+ Christian people with different lives and ages, who meet once a month, on Sunday morning in Turin, hosted by a religious community of nuns . We are people in search, who in faith, in reading the word of God, in prayer...