The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics (GNRC) is holding its annual meeting in Madrid, after having received a welcome from the Archdiocese of Madrid last month.
One of the organizing bodies responsible for the conference was welcomed by Madrid’s Cardinal Jose Cobo Cano prior to the event, after which they stated that “we have shared with him the joy of co-organizing the next GNRC World Assembly and taken the opportunity to strengthen ties. … We continue to build bridges towards a more inclusive Church.”
The GNRC serves as an umbrella organization for LGBT groups worldwide, with some of its member groups – such as New Ways Ministry or DignityUSA – perhaps better known than the GNRC itself.
Addressing conference attendees this week, the joint presidents of the group reportedly stated: “LGTBI rights are human rights and any Christian should understand, and defend, that.”
GNRC’s two co-presidents are Marianne Duddy-Burke and Christopher Vella, both of whom are in separate same-sex relationships.
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