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LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families who joined a Holy Year pilgrimage enter St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday. The discussion dives into Pope Leo’s meeting with Father James Martin, the growing controversy over LGBT outreach, and what it means for Catholic teaching worldwide.

So, it was very much a hopeful message of continuity. We are proudly rooted in the Jesuit tradition and firmly believe in honoring, respecting, and celebrating the God-given dignity of all people. They mass examine the surge in church attacks across the U.S., the revival of the traditional Latin Mass among young Catholics, and the lasting inspiration of new saints Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati.

Donate today. For my part, I offered him some suggestions of what dioceses and parishes might do in terms of welcoming LGBTQ Catholics, which I framed in terms of five steps, aware that in some dioceses and churches we are still at the first or second step:.

By the same token, a church leader can move directly to step five and advocate for at-risk LGBTQ people without challenging any church teaching. The Outreach Guide to the Bible and Homosexuality. But perhaps because he no longer must juggle two jobs at once synod delegate and prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops or perhaps because of the grace of office, I found Pope Leo to be tremendously at ease, even jovial, during our meeting.

Read articles, watch videos and view photos from Outreach Learn more. He sees peace and unity as paramount in his ministry. It was a new experience, however, to talk with a pope in English, something that Leo acknowledged people were still getting used to.

As I knew from spending two weeks at his table at the Synod of Bishops last year, the new pope is a kind, friendly and intelligent man. By the same token, he may move far too fast for others. Also, I never knew if Francis understood any idioms I might use.

To support Outreach you can make a donation or subscribe to America. The message I received from him, loud and clear, was that he wanted to continue with the same approach that Pope Francis had advanced, which was one of openness and welcome. In a sense, I had two or three times the time for conversation with Pope Leo than I had with Francis, because gay that Francis said had to be gay into English and everything I said had to be translated into Spanish, a laborious process.

We need your help to continue and expand the Outreach ministry. After he encouraged me to continue with my ministry, and our half hour was up, I asked for his blessing and knelt before him to receive it. LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families participated in a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome on Saturday, celebrating a new level of acceptance in the Catholic Church.

Plus: why. Eleven years ago, amid the Massachusetts men’s basketball team’s season, starting shooting guard Derrick Gordon came out as gay, becoming the first to do so in the history of NCAA Division I men’s basketball. In this, he would be mass Francis as well.

At the Stonewall Center, Gordon was hosted by UMass Athlete. See all features. At the same time, the Holy Father has a great many issues on his plate. Outreach Original James Martin, S. Some 1, LGBTQ+ people are taking part for the first time in a pilgrimage to mark the Vatican's Jubilee Year.

On Friday afternoon, the former player returned to UMass to discuss his journey toward peace, confidence and self-love. Obviously, with Leo that is not a problem! Again, in some dioceses worldwide, we are still at step one.

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