LGBTQ+ Catholics make Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome and celebrate a new sense of acceptance
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Some of the hundreds of LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families who joined a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome, celebrating a new level of acceptance in the Catholic Church and crediting Pope Francis for the change, walk through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Some of the hundreds of LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families who joined a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome, celebrating a new level of acceptance in the Catholic Church and crediting Pope Francis for the change, walk through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Members of the LGBTQ+ community, who's t-shirts read "God does not reject anyone" in Spanish, arrive to attend a vigil prayer in the Church of the Gesu' in central Rome, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Andrea Mattei, holding a cross arrives with other members of the LGBTQ+ community to attend a vigil prayer in the Church of the Gesu' in central Rome, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Justin Del Rosario, left, and John Capozzi attend attend a vigil prayer for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Church of the Gesu' in central Rome, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Justin Del Rosario, left, and John Capozzi attend attend a vigil prayer for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Church of the Gesu' in central Rome, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Some of the hundreds of LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families who joined a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome, celebrating a new level of acceptance in the Catholic Church and crediting Pope Francis for the change, walk through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
