"I don't want to be pessimistic, I don't think there will be a huge change today. The Church is moving with the times, which are not very fast, but the Church is walking."
"Not only are LGBTQ+ people marching and walking to say that they're part of the Church, but official Church institutions are welcoming them and helping them to tell their stories,"
"I was here 25 years ago at the last Holy Year, with a contingent of LGBTQ+ people from the US, and we were actually detained as a threat to the Holy Year programmes,"
"fully recognised as who we are, and the gifts we bring to the Church, and that we have both our faith and our identities combined, is a day of great celebration and hope,"
A lesbian Catholic couple and their daughter were among some 1,400 LGBTQ+ Jubilee pilgrims who passed through St Peter's Holy Door. Pilgrims reportedly came from more than 20 countries, wore rainbow-themed clothing and carried crosses. Organisers described the event as the first officially recognised LGBTQ+ pilgrimage to Rome and listed it in the Vatican calendar of events, while Church officials said that listing did not constitute endorsement. Pilgrims did not receive an audience with the pope. Advocates contrasted the current welcome with earlier pilgrimages when LGBTQ+ contingents were detained as threats to Holy Year programmes.
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