A spokesperson at the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization denied Wednesday that a controversial pilgrimage had ever been listed on a Vatican calendar.
After significant public attention to an LGBT-specific pilgrimage for the Jubilee, the Vatican has deleted the event from its online public calendar.
From some time in the afternoon (Rome time) of December 10, the entry for one of the approved Jubilee pilgrimages to Rome was deleted from the official website. As of time of writing, the entry for the September 5-6, 2025 pilgrimage of the “Associazione la Tenda di Gionata e altre associazioni” – or “Association of Jonathan’s tent and other groups” – is no longer active.
An archived version can be viewed here.
LifeSite has inquired with the LGBT group behind the pilgrimage to ascertain if the pilgrimage will still proceed, but has not received a reply yet.
The pilgrimage had only recently been announced, and is specifically for “Lgbt+ pilgrims, their parents, workers and all those who gravitate to these rainbow associations.”
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