Tagged: jubilee pilgrimage

On September 6, 2025 the jubilee pilgrimage de “La Tenda di Gionata and other associations”  will cross the Holy Door of St. Peter's with LGBTQ+ Christians, their families and pastoral workers. A gesture that speaks of mercy and rebirth, which will bring together different lives and stories from all over the world, paths made of difficulty and hope but which aims to be a return home: towards a Catholic Church, home for all believers. Here you will find some stories and reflections of the pilgrims. If you want to add your story write to tendadigionata@gmail.com. For info on the pilgrimage click here

From welcome to recognition. The long journey of LGBT+ Catholics towards the Jubilee 2025

Article by David Eduardo Vilchis-Carrillo* and Giuseppe Giordan**, published in the international journal Religions***, vol.17, n.2, 194, February 2026. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata Project, part three A recurring theme that emerges from the testimonies published by La Tenda di Gionata of those who participated in the LGBT+ Jubilee pilgrimage is the search for recognition rather than acceptance. The Jubilee becomes a moment...

The impact of Pope Francis. The long journey of LGBT+ Catholics towards the Jubilee 2025

Article by David Eduardo Vilchis-Carrillo* and Giuseppe Giordan**, published in the international magazine Religions***, vol.17, n.2, 194, February 2026. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata Project, part two In this text we give voice to the protagonists (who participated in the 2025 LGBT+ jubilee pilgrimage). Through reading and coding the pilgrims' testimonies, two key factors emerge which, according to their perception, have...

From Wojtyla's "no" to Francis' "yes"? The long journey of LGBT+ Catholics towards the Jubilee 2025

Article by David Eduardo Vilchis-Carrillo* and Giuseppe Giordan**, published in the international magazine Religions***, vol.17, n.2, 194, February 2026. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata Project, part one How was it possible that, after the strong tensions of the Jubilee of 2000, a pilgrimage of LGBT+ Catholics entered the official Jubilee calendar in 2025? David Eduardo Vilchis-Carrillo and Giuseppe Giordan, of...

The best news of 2025 on the Catholic church and LGBTQ+ people

Article by Francis DeBernardo, published on the Bondings 2.0 Blog (United states) On december 31, 2025. freely translated by gionata Project Volunteers. Bondings 2.0, the blog of The (US catholic LGBTQ+) Association New ways ministry, Closes 2025 on a note of hope: the list of the ten best catholic news events regarding lGBTQ+ People, chosen directly by its readers and...

LGBT+ pilgrimage. Walking together for a Church that is open to everyone, everyone and everything

Testimony of the Línea de misión de diversidad sexual y de gendero de CVX en España, published on the website of CVX España (Spain). Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata Project. The weekend from 5 to 7 September marked a truly historic stage for the Catholic Church. For the first time, LGTBIQ+ Catholic people, together with their families, communities and...

An LGBTQ+ jubilee pilgrimage to experience the conviviality of differences in the Catholic church

Reflections Gianni Geraci published in the fortnightly Adista Segni Nuovi n.32 of 20 September 2025, pp.10-11 I have just returned to Milan after the two very intense days I experienced on the occasion of the Jubilee pilgrimage organized by la Tenda di Gionata. In fact, I can say this because I personally participated in the group that helped this pilgrimage to move the first...

Video> Pilgrims of Hope. In the jubilee pilgrimage Of La Tenda di Gionata with lGBT+ Christians

“Jubilee 2025. Pilgrims of hope” is the title of the documentary edited by Francesco Formigoni and created by La Tenda di Gionata, which tells the intense and unforgettable experience of the Jubilee pilgrimage, carried out at the Holy Door of St. Peter's, on 5 and 6 September 2025 by more than 1400 LGBTQIA+ Christians (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex and asex), their families...