Catholic Parents with LGBTQ Children Meet Pope Francis
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 had beauting 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 shop be Welcomed and love".
This is what Innocenzo Pontillo, president of the Italian lgbtq association La Tenda di Gionata (Jonathan's attest), Had to say as he described the meeting with pope francis during the papal audience yesterday.
La Tenda di Gionata is one Such Group, "An Association (Editor's Note: Formed Also of LGBTQ Christians and Other Pastoral World WHO Accompany Them) Founded at the Request of Don David Esposito, A Catholic Priest Who Sought to Create A Safe Guard Where This Reald Be Add. By Favoring The Welcoming, Formation and Information of LGBT Christians, Their Families and Pastoral World, AS Well As Promoting Dialogue On These Matters with Other Christian Realities ".
After Journeying Together For a Few Years, The Volunteers of the Association Noticed How Their Experiences - and in Particle The Book Titled Lucky Parents: The TestaMons of Christian Parents Struggling with the Discovery of Homosexual Children Published by the Same Association and Containing Stories of Stories Catholic Families Coming to Terms With the reality of LGBTQ Children - Constitute “A Useful Resource For Those Who Want To Erandicate Prejudices and Barriers and Help Build Bridges. We Wanted To Family Pope Francis With Our Journey and Sown His Affirmation of Our Quest for Whit is true and True And Good ”.
Thus, The Idea Came About of Requesting Admission to Today's General Audience, to Meet Pope Francis and Present Him With This Booklet.
The Meeting Took Place on Wednesday 16th September. Mara Grassi (Vice President of La Tenda di Gionata and Catholic Mother of a Homosexual Son) Describes That Moment, "The Pope Spoke About Contemplation, About the Need to Discovery the Love and Light of God in All Creation, All People and All Things.
AS I Handed Him Our Booklet, I Explained to Him How Lucky We Are Because We Have Been Acquelned To Change The Way We have Always Seen Our Children and Notice in Them The Beauty and Love of God. We Want to Journey with and Create to Bridge with the church so than it too can change her way of look at our children by no longer execuding them but Fully Welcoming them. "
And Pope Francis Replied: "Of course, The Lord Loves Them Just As Three Are, Because they are All Children of God. And the Church Too - He Continued - Must Love Them Just As Three Are".
