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Thomas Lofaro, Chairperson, LGBT+ Catholics Westminster Pastoral Council* Dear friends, I’ve been looking forward to the “coming out of lock down” and to some return to normality.  Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem to be happening, does it? With news of cases increasing in London, it seems that being together at a distance is going to be the way we go for...

Article by Giampaolo Petrucci published on the Christian news portal Adista.it, 16 September 2020 “Since 2015, groups of religious parents with LGBTQ sons and daughters have been emerging across Italy with the intent of breaking the silence and coming out of the shadows to tell the Church that all are children of God and as such should be welcomed and...

Article by Laura Filios, published in the Jesuit Catholic monthly JESUS (Italy), ​​n.6 of June 2020, pp.52-55, translated by Andrea D. (La Tenda di Gionata) Every year thousands of devotees visit the shrine of Montevergine in the Italian region of Campania (Italy). Among them, many transsexuals who feel welcome in front of “Mamma Schiavona” (Slave Mama or Slavic Mama). “Even...

The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics, Press Release N°14, June 16, 2020 The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics (GNRC), representing Catholic LGBTIQ+ organisations from more than thirty nations around the world, will release a global research called “Lay Catholic LGB Discrimination in the 21st Century” in a Live broadcast on June 28 as part of its Pride Month activities. This...

Father Gian Luca Carrega*, “Genitori Fortunati” (Fortunate Parents. Experiencing the homosexuality of children, as Christian Parents), Tenda di Gionata (Italy), 2019, p.1-2, translated by Francesco Gagliardi There is something prophetic in the pages of this booklet. And prophetic literature should be read trying to grasp where the signs refer to wider truths. There is no great difference between the prophet...