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7 09, 2025

Italian Bishop Leads Historic LGBT Pilgrimage Mass at Rome’s Church of the Gesù

By JRL Charts|2025-09-07T11:30:02-07:00September 7th, 2025|Categories: LGBT Politics Europe, World LGBT News|Tags: Bishop Francesco Savino, Catholic Church, Jubilee of Hope, Rome LGBT News|

By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – Religion ROME — (September 7, 2025) — Bishop Francesco Savino, vice president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, presided over a landmark Mass for LGBT pilgrims on Saturday inside the historic Church of the Gesù as part of the Jubilee of Hope celebrations. Related Coverage Links on [...]

28 05, 2024

Pope apologizes for ‘faggotry’ Comment made in Meeting

By JRL Charts|2025-09-07T10:25:35-07:00May 28th, 2024|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics Europe|Tags: Catholic Church, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, LGBT Rights News & Updates | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, Pope Francis, religious freedom|

VATICAN CITY, ROME — (05-28-24) — Pope Francis garnered major backlash after it was leaked that he used a highly derogatory term of 'faggotry' in regards to the LGBT community. The remark was reportedly made in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops, where they were all in agreement that gay people should not be allowed [...]

26 12, 2023

Africa, Poland Bishops Reject call to bless Same-Sex Couples

By JRL Charts|2025-09-07T10:29:11-07:00December 26th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: Africa Bishops, Blessing Same-Sex Couples, Catholic Church, gay Africa news, gay Poland news, gay Rome news, Poland Bishops, Pope Francis, religious freedom|

CAPE TOWN, SA — (12-26-23) — In a stunning rebuke of Pope Francis' order to allow the blessing of same-sex couples, Catholic bishops in Africa and Poland are saying they reject the vatican's order and will not implement the policy allowing blessings for same-sex couples in their churches. The reactions show how divided the church [...]

18 12, 2023

Pope Francis Approves Blessings of Same-Sex Couples

By JRL Charts|2025-09-07T10:29:11-07:00December 18th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics Europe|Tags: Catholic Church, LGBT News Vatican City, Pope Francis, religious freedom, same-sex couples, Vatican same-sex couples blessing|

VATICAN CITY — (12-18-23) — In a landmark ruling approved by Pope Francis and the Vatican, Roman Catholic priests can administer blessings to same-sex couples as long as they are not part of regular Church liturgies and rituals. A document from the Vatican's doctrinal office says that such blessings would not legitimise irregular situations but [...]

13 11, 2023

Pope Fires Loud Mouth anti-LGBTQ Bishop Joseph Strickland

By JRL Charts|2025-09-07T10:25:50-07:00November 13th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: Bishop Joseph Strickland, Catholic Church, gay Austin news, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, Pope Francis, religious freedom|

TYLER, TX — (11-13-23) — Loud mouth Texas Bishop Joseph Strickland, a prominent anti-LGBTQ figure among traditionalist American Catholics and critic of Pope Francis, was fired by the pope. Strickland made it a habit of pointing out how the pope was going against church doctrine by making the church more welcoming to the LGBTQ community. [...]

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