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The smell of fresh peaches hung in the air as I nervously offered Zach, the cute guy browsing organic tomatoes, a sample, my heart pounding because, as a gay man, I knew the odds of rejection were high, even in our supposedly progressive LGBT community. He smiled, a genuine, radiant smile that eased my anxiety, and as we talked about the farm’s practices and his favorite ways to use basil, I realized I was falling for him, but terrified he wouldn’t feel the same. Weeks later, holding hands under a sky full of stars after our first official date, all the anxieties of the farmer’s market faded, replaced by the electric certainty that this beautiful, unexpected romance was something real, something lasting.


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    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.

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  • Walking through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, the culmination of any Jubilee pilgrimage, many LGBTQ Catholics and the people who minister with them kissed or caressed the panels of the door. Some cried.


    • Building Catholic Futures He's my best friend and partner The vice president of the Italian bishops conference, Bishop Franceseco Savino, celebrated Mass for the pilgrims in a packed Chiesa del Gesu, the main Jesuit church in Rome. Vatican organizers stressed that listing in the calendar didn't signal endorsement or sponsorship. Many of the pilgrims attributed their feeling of welcome to Francis. John Capozzi of Washington D.


    LGBTQ Catholics descend on Sharing my story makes me nervous The vice president of the Italian bishops conference, Bishop Franceseco Savino, celebrated Mass for the pilgrims in a packed Chiesa del Gesu, the main Jesuit church in Rome. He received a sustained standing ovation in the middle of his homily when he recalled that Jubilee celebrations historically were meant to restore hope to those on the margins. Vatican organizers stressed that the listing in the calendar didn't signal endorsement or sponsorship.


    The Vatican’s Spiritual Crossroads

    A recent inar explores how LGBTQ+ Catholics can find welcome within the Catholic Church, despite a history of exclusion.


    Gatholics Community for Gay National survey data shows a dramatic, positive shift over the last few decades in American Catholics’ attitudes with respect to the acceptance of gay, lesbian, and bisexual people, their relationships, and their decisions to marry and form families.

    LGBTQ Catholics process through Hundreds of LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families have descended on Rome for a Holy Year pilgrimage.