For the first time ever, a special Jubilee event is being dedicated to “Catholic” homosexuals, notes the Italian daily Il Messaggero, despite the Church’s 2000-year condemnation of sodomy. According to Il Messaggero, Pope Francis approved the pilgrimage specifically for LGBTQ individuals as part of the 2025 Jubilee celebrations.
On September 5, Catholic members of the LGBTQ+ community will be hosted by the Jesuit Church of the Gesù, in central Rome, for a momentous vigil service.
The Jubilee 2025 initiative is sponsored by Jonathan’s Tent, an Italian pro-LGBTQ organization founded in 2018 by Catholic priest Father David Esposito that aims to reconcile “homosexuality and faith.”
Archbishop Rino Fisichella, pro-prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization reportedly said that he worked closely with Pope Francis to facilitate the arrangements.
The news has been welcomed by other LGBT advocacy groups from far and wide.
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