Invited by Popes Leo and Francis, 1,200 LGBT Catholics Cross St. Peter’s Holy Door
A milestone once unimaginable: LGBT Catholics process through the Holy Door with papal blessing.
LGBT Catholics are in Rome this week to do something that would’ve seemed impossible a decade ago: pass through St. Peter’s Holy Door together during the Jubilee Year.
The invitation didn’t come from activists.
Pope Francis green-lit the pilgrimage by ensuring it appeared on the official Jubilee calendar; Pope Leo has followed by signaling welcome — meet…
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