Cornerstone Project

For the inclusion of LGBT+ Christians and their families in churches

CORNERSTONES is the blog ofCornerstone Project, coordinated byLa Tenda di Gionata, which aims to collect and offer testimonies and reflections from many voices on the welcome of LGBT+ Christians and their families in our Christian communities (Catholic and Evangelical). What are the challenges, possibilities and ways in which it can be achieved? What problems does it pose and what possibilities does it open up? How theology and the study of the Bible can help us create cornerstones with which to build more inclusive Christian communities, so that “The stone that the builders rejected"become“corner head” (Luke 20:17-18)

  • Tips of a Catholic transgender woman for LGBT+ people in these difficult times

    Articolo di Danielle Koutsoufis* pubblicato sul sito di Outreach (USA) il 18 febbraio 2025, liberamente tradotto da Diego de La Tenda di Gionata Per molti nella comunità LGBTQ, le conseguenze delle elezioni presidenziali sono state causa di ansia. Mi includo in questa categoria. La retorica dannosa rivolta alle persone transgender durante tutto il ciclo della…

  • Video> Don Gianluca Carrega: LGBT+ people and the Catholic Church. What does the story of St. Francis teaches us?

    We interviewed Don Gianluca Carrega, priest of the Archdiocese of Turin, director of the office for the pastoral care of culture and in charge of his archbishop to follow the pastoral with LGBT+for over ten years, to tell us his path and his reflection On how the Catholic Church can really become a welcome space ...

  • 4-6 April 2025 in Florence "Living a meeting" National withdrawal of young Christians Queer

    For many young Christians LGBT+, faith is a journey made of doubts but also of bright expectations: the desire to be welcomed, to feel part of a church that loves without condition. Giulia, Scout always, has wondered for a long time if her faith and being a lesbian could coexist. Then, in ...

  • Video> A reflection on "Eros and Fede: a conflict or an energy to be rediscovered?" of the theologian Don Roberto Massaro

    Registrazione del 4 febbraio 2025 dell’incontro su “Eros e fede: un conflitto o un’energia da riscoprire?” tenuto dal teologo don Roberto Massaro, autore di “Si può vivere senza eros?” (EMP, Padova 2021), con la partecipazione di Luigi e Valeria, una coppia di genitori membri de La Tenda di Gionata. Con l’aiuto di don Massaro, docente di Teologia…

  • Nathalie Bucquart: "Synodality as an opportunity for a path of greater inclusion"

    Articolo di Nathalie Becquart* pubblicato sul sito di Outreach (USA) il 10 febbraio 2025, liberamente tradotto da Luigi e Valeria de La Tenda di Gionata. Il recente Sinodo sulla sinodalità presenta una visione della Chiesa (cattolica) caratterizzata dall’ascolto reciproco, dal dialogo e dal discernimento che potrebbe aprire nuove strade per una pastorale e un coinvolgimento…

  • Our parish commitment in pastoral care with LGBTQ+ people

    Document of the Pastoral Council of the Catholic Parish of the Holy Trinity of Washington (United States) of February 20, 2022. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata project. The mission of the Catholic parish of the Holy Trinity, which calls us to accompany us mutually in Christ, pushes us to be more aware of the diversity of our community and more welcoming ...