In the Plethoric calendar of the Jubilee Jubilee of the Catholic Church from 2025, in the Vatican, the announcement would almost go unnoticed: between the pilgrimage of the choirs, which of the doctors or that of the Italian diocese of Ascolo Piceno, slipped on the date of 6, the date of 6 “Care of the Lastiata Association [« la tente de Jonathan »] and other associations “.
Behind this discreet name, Discrete deliberately hides the first LGBTQIA+ Never Pilgrimage to the Vatican, Friday 5 and Saturday 6 September. Tenda Di Gionata, an Italian association that promotes better acceptance of homosexuals within the church, is originally organized within the framework of the jubilee year-old festivities in the Vatican every twenty-five years. Associations of around twenty countries have become members of the initiative, and around 1,300 participants, including 900 Italians, are expected in Rome.
The program is not exceptional: meetings and discussions, wake of prayer, mass in the Gesu church, procession to the Saint-Pierre Basilica … but for the organizers this registration on the official calendar is worthwhile. According to the Italian daily The MessengerThe initiative was supported by the Jesuit order and received the approval of Pope Francis at the end of 2024.
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