LGBTQ+ Catholics Prepare for Their Jubilee Pilgrimage

2025 is a Jubilee Year, a major Catholic event held every 25 years that brings people from all over the world to Rome to pray, pass through the holy doors of selected churches, and take part in other spiritual activities to renew their faith. And this year, LGBTQ+ Catholics want to be an organized part of the Jubillee.

For the first time in church history, LGBTQ+ Catholic groups are getting ready to participate in the Jubilee, not in spite of their queerness, but through it. On September 6th, they will gather for a prayer vigil and walk in prayer as a  pilgrimage to Saint Peter’s Basilica, sharing their identities and their faith. The event is being organized by La Tenda di Gionata (Jonathan’s Tent), an Italian LGBTQ+ organization, and is being co-sponsored by many other Catholic LGBTQ+ groups around the globe, including New Ways Ministry.

These believers want to pray and reflect with the Church, offering their experience of faith and their queer lives as a path to encounter God.

I spoke with Tiziano Fani Braga, one of the leaders of La Tenda di Gionata and an organizer of the LGBTQ+ Jubilee Pilgrimage, to understand the spirit behind this initiative and how the community is preparing to walk together in faith.

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TAKE ACTION: Contact the US Papal Nuncio and respectfully ask Pope Leo to cancel this sacrilegious event.