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)

  • The path of LGBT+ people in society and in the Church

    Text by Gene Robinson*, Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire (United States), taken from "Transgender Welcome: to Bishop Makes the case for Affirmation", published by the Center for American Progress, January 2016, pp.5-7, freely Translated by the volunteers of the Gionata project, the efforts to obtain the inclusion of gay and lesbian people in American society date back to ...

  • When will the Catholic Church stop wanting transgender people?

    Text by Stephen McNulty*, published in the National Catholic Reporter (United States) on July 23, 2024. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata project. Following the document "Infinite dignitas", it is clear that the Vatican expressed a clear "no" to "gender ideology", anything means. Now he must answer an even more crucial question, as well as ...

  • Giuseppe and the strength of forgiveness (Genesis 45: 1-15). Transform pain into hope

    Text by Gary Simpson*, published in Whosoever ** (United States) on January 1, 2013. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata project.* In the Bible the life of Giuseppe is a story full of dramas, almost a soap work full of suspense. Raised in a family far from perfect, Giuseppe lived ups and downs: loved and favorite ...

  • The responsibility of the churches in the suffering experienced by LGBTQ+ people

    Testo di Beatrice Fanucci, pubblicato sul sito Top News (Irlanda) il 13 giugno 2022. Liberamente tradotto da Marcella Petrei In occasione della celebrazione del Pride 2022, (in Irlanda) un momento di preghiera speciale è stato diffuso da RTE domenica 12 giugno 2022. Membri del gruppo cristiano LGBTQ+ Amach le Dia sono stati invitati a condurre…

  • Dio accoglie e noi? “Allarga la tua tenda” (Is 54:2) per accogliere le persone LGBT+

    Riflessioni a cura dei volontari de La tenda di Gionata “Allarga lo spazio della tua tenda” (Isaia 54:2). Queste parole del profeta Isaia sono un invito profetico per le comunità cristiane di oggi: un invito a espandere i loro confini, a fare spazio, a essere luoghi in cui tutti possano trovare riparo, amore e appartenenza.…

  • February 4th/March 12, 2025, three meetings in the diocese of Fermo and online on "Faith and homosexuality. Possible paths "

    “Fede e omosessualità. Cammini possibili“. E’ questo il tema dei tre incontri proposti dal Centro Culturale San Rocco dell’Arcidiocesi di Fermo (Marche) e dall’Unità pastorale di Montegranaro “Veregra UP”, in collaborazione con La Tenda di Gionata, associazione nata su sollecitazione del defunto sacerdote fermano David Esposito Tre appuntamenti che nascono dal desiderio di rispondere all’invito del…