Video> Don Gianluca Carrega: LGBT+ people and the Catholic Church. What does the story of St. Francis teaches us?
We interviewed Don 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 Becoming a space of welcome and inclusion, without losing its identity but opening up to dialogue and change.
We asked him: "What is the role of the Catholic Church today in the face of the requests for welcome and inclusion of LGBT+ believers? What does the history of St. Francis of Assisi teaches us on this theme? Can the Church be a reality that not only teaches, but that is also willing to listen and change? Is it possible to build a more inclusive Christian community, without losing one's identity but opening up to the encounter and dialogue? "
The interviews and initiatives of the Cornerstone Project they want to help stimulate a reflection on how we can build more inclusive Christian, so that "The stone that the builders rejected"become“corner head” (Luke 20:17-18)
The video was made by Alessandro Previti as part of the Cornerstone Project, coordinated by La Tenda di Gionata, supported by the Commission of the genre and sexuality of the Battiste, Methodist and Waldensian churches, by the Italian Evangelical Youth Federation (FGEI) and by different Christian realities engaged in the dialogue and inclusion of LGBT+people, including Drachma Malta, Global Network of Rainbow Catholics , China Catholic Rainbow Community and Rainbow Home of Seven Sisters - Rhoss in India.
The 2025 edition of the Cornerstone project is co-financed by theEight per thousand of the Valdese church (OPM/2024/47240).
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