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By Delia Vaccarello, L’Unità (Italy),  29th  August  2011,  page 39 Is it possible for lesbian and gay to feel at home in Church?  The dialogue gives the idea to be welcome; it can take place between a diocese and a group or inside a parish church. There are parish churches that have created a pastoral ad hoc: Turin, Parma, Cremona...

By Delia Vaccarello, L’Unità (Italy), 18 July 2011, translated by Kathryn Fortunate Families is an association that seeks respect for their gay sons and daughters. In Italy it has inspired the creation of the project Gionata (Italy), one of the most active Christian groups that is fighting for gay rights. Fortunate Families define themselves as “Catholic families that demand respect...

The European Forum of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Christian Groups was created in Paris in 1982 and from then on it has been working to achieve the non-discrimination of christian lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transexuals in European churches.This ecumenical web of people has increasingly grown during the years and is currently formed by 44 groups of LGBT christians from...

Interview by Silvia Lanzi, 10 July 2011 Drachma, a well established reality and an opportunity for the maltese gay believers to grow and search, as its rich and complete blog shows. Here you can find materials, links and reflections on a wide range. In order to find out more about the group I asked Clayton few questions. Here is what...

By Andrea Ambrogetti, 18 June 2011 In 1977 Sister Gramick co-founded, with father Robert Nugent, New Ways Ministry, a Catholic social justice center working for the reconciliation of lesbian/gay people and the Church.She advocates the acceptance of gay and lesbian people as full and equal members of religious, civil, and social groups. She believes that only if all people are...

By Marco Politi, Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy), June 9, 2011, page 10, translated by Marta “Holy Father, we are addressing you to ask you to condemn deeds of violence against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders, and to call for His Holiness’ cooperation in decriminalizing homosexual acts worldwide – so Christian gays wrote to the Pope.To the groups of homosexual Christians...