Posted on 09/08/2025 7:08:01 PM PDT by ebb tide
Thousands of “LGBTQ+” pilgrims marched through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday as part of the Vatican’s official LGBT jubilee year pilgrimage.
On September 6, more than 1,000 “LGBT pilgrims,” led by a rainbow cross, many with their same-sex “partners,” dressed in rainbow colors with some waving “LGBT pride” flags, processed through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica. The procession was part of the Vatican’s official pilgrimage, organized by “La Tenda di Gionata” (“The Tent of Jonathan”), a pro-LGBT group that has falsely claimed that Scripture does not condemn homosexual relationships, and joined by Father James Martin’s Outreach group.
Other images shared on social media show an unidentified pilgrim wearing a backpack that said “F*** the rules.”
“Behold the legacy of Pope Francis. Thank you, Fr. Jimmy Martin, for making sure this abomination of desolation in the Holy Place still took place despite the ‘untimely’ demise of your greatest papal ally,” Michael Matt, editor of the Remnant newspaper, wrote in an X post.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò responded to the procession and pilgrimage via X with several quotes from the visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich that describe a counterfeit church purporting to be the true Catholic Church.
Before the procession through the Holy Door, Bishop Francesco Savino, the vice president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, celebrated a Mass at the Gesù Church for the LGBT pilgrims, reportedly with the approval of Pope Leo XIV.
READ: Vatican welcomes ‘LGBT pilgrims’ as it scrubs references to SSPX pilgrimage
During his homily, Savino emphasized that this jubilee is an opportunity to restore the dignity of the “LGBT Catholics” who he falsely claimed have been oppressed by the Church, which received loud applause from the congregation:
It was the year when land was returned to those from whom it had been taken. The Jubilee was the remission of debts and the liberation of slaves and prisoners. The Jubilee was the time to free the oppressed and restore dignity to those who had been denied it. Brothers and sisters, I say this with emotion. It is time to restore dignity to everyone, especially those who have been denied it.
While it’s true that the Catholic Church teaches that all people, including those who identify as LGBT, deserve basic human dignity, the Catechism teaches that “homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered” and “contrary to the natural law” and that the homosexual inclination is “objectively disordered.” The Catechism is very clear that homosexual activity can never be approved and repeats that “(h)omosexual persons are called to chastity.” Homosexual acts are mortal sins; therefore, anyone who commits these sins and does not repent through the sacrament of confession is in danger of hell.
Earlier in the week, before the official start of the pilgrimage, a special Mass was celebrated for the heterodox Fr. James Martin’s dissident Outreach group and other “LGBT pilgrims” at the Oratory of St. Francis Xavier in Rome.
WATCH: Mass celebrated in Rome for Fr. James Martin’s Outreach group, other ‘LGBT pilgrims’
According to the Outreach website, these events, which were approved last year by Pope Francis but kept on the calendar by Pope Leo, were “an official part of the Jubilee celebrations.” In December 2024, Agnese Palmucci, a spokesperson for the Vatican’s Jubilee press office, confirmed to The Pillar that the Dicastery for Evangelization’s Section for Fundamental Questions of Evangelization in the World “announced it on the calendar,” but added that it “did not endorse the pilgrimage.”
However, the LGBT events were officially supported by the Italian Bishops’ Conference as well as the Jesuits.
Ping
Freak show. PT Barnum would make a fortune
>> They are disrespecting their Creator.
In MANY ways, including co-opting GOD’s covenant Rainbow to brand their wickedness and perversion. And there will be a steep price for so-called “clergy” to pay when they are called to account for celebrating the idol of faggotry along with the sodomites and lezbos.
During his homily, Savino emphasized that this jubilee is an opportunity to restore the dignity of the “LGBT Catholics” who he falsely claimed have been oppressed by the Church, which received loud applause from the congregation:
It was the year when land was returned to those from whom it had been taken. The Jubilee was the remission of debts and the liberation of slaves and prisoners. The Jubilee was the time to free the oppressed and restore dignity to those who had been denied it. Brothers and sisters, I say this with emotion. It is time to restore dignity to everyone, especially those who have been denied it.
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P.S. Donahue has been a worthless highly-paid apologist for anything any pope does, no matter how heterodox it is.
As you know, it’s a logical fallacy to attack the source rather than the argument. I think people can decide for themselves.
And the only response from Leo's Vatican has been one of "Welcome!"
Compare to Pope John Paul II:
Pope John Paul today slammed a gay rights march in Rome as an “offense to Christian values,” prompting outrage from gay groups for his condemnation of homosexual acts as being “against natural law.”
The pope’s unexpected and forceful remarks drew a stinging response from Italian gay rights activists who accused theVatican of fuelling homophobia.
Yet now, with Pope Leo's permission, the Basilica of St Peter opens it doors to allow such a march right into its Holy Doors.
Yet now, with Pope Leo's permission, the Basilica of St Peter opens it doors to allow such a march right into its Holy Doors.
“Leo’s Vatican” is not Leo. The event you refer to was when JPII was 20 years into his pontificate. Pope Leo’s only been in office a few months. Seems like he’d have at least a little more time to catch up.
Wheres the lightning strike on the Basilica when you need it?
“LGBT Catholics” - The word Paradox jumps out at me.
Thousands of “LGBTQ+” pilgrims marched through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday as part of the Vatican’s official LGBT jubilee year pilgrimage. I call them the military phonetic alphabet people: alpha, bravo, charlie, delta, echo...by the time I get to x-ray, yankee, zulu I’ve covered pretty much the entire rainbow spectrum.
Catch up?
That’s ridiculous. JP II became pope in 1978; the queers weren’t marching down Via della Conciliazione, or anywhere else at that time.
But when they first tried it years later, JP II called it out.
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