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Global Network of Rainbow Catholics Prays Pope’s Meeting with Ugandan Activist Helps End Country’s Law Criminalizing LGB People
17 August, 2024. The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics (GNRC), which brings together Catholic organizations across the world that work for good pastoral care and justice for LGBTI people, applauds Pope Francis for meeting with Ugandan LGBTI Civil Rights activist...
Our Voices Matter! Let’s Lift Them Up!
October’s Synod Assembly is on the horizon, and it’s time for the voices of LGBTIQ+ Catholics to ring loud and clear. The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics (GNRC) invites you to join our Synod Listening Sessions.
It’s all about getting your thoughts on the table for the 2024 Assembly, themed “Towards the 2024 Assembly.” This is where you come in. Share your experiences, your hopes, and let’s make an impact together.
Clampdown on LGBT rights in Kenya and Uganda
Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash Despite a recent Supreme Court ruling in Kenya in favour of LGBT+ organisations, the backlash from government and Church leaders has created much hurt and violence for our communities. A few days ago, Uganda lawmakers...
The Church Must Stand With The Weak And The Persecuted In Ghana
Global Network of LGBTIQ+ Catholics claims that "the Church must stand with the weak and the persecuted" in Ghana GNRC advocates for the threatened Ghanaian LGBTIQ+ community due to the advances of new criminalization bill supported by Ghana’s Catholic Bishops....
GNRC PR N° 17: Global Catholic Group Calls on Pope and the Vatican to Condemn Violence Against LGBTIQ People in Ghana “The eyes of the world are now turned towards Ghana”
The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics reports that the Ghanaian LGBTIQ community is under attack following a letter from Ghana’s Catholic Bishops. English / Español / Portuguese / Italian / French / Chinese 3 March 2021. The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics...
Some Faces and Colours of Being a Refugee
English / Spanish / French On World Refugee Day, we would like to share with you two experiences that cry out for justice and dignity. Tania Irias, Nicaragua: In a Diaspora in Spain My name is Tania and I am a woman, lesbian, mother, migrant and Catholic. I am...
Board Members Profile: Dumisani Dube
English / Español Dumisani Dube is a Zimbabwean living in South Africa. A Christian and a human rights activist, Dube has a passion in fighting for LGBTI rights across all spectrums. Dube has been involved in the LGBTI activism for the past 20 years. Having worked for...
Grant Me Justice: Davis Mac-Iyalla
English / Español / German / Portuguese Davis Mac-Iyalla (45) is from Nigeria. He is very active in the Church, but he has to fight for acceptance every day: “I believe in the equality of all of Gods children”, he says. Davis is gay, out and proud. He doesn’t see any...
Grant Me Justice: Alicia Nalunkuma
English / Español / German / Portugues Alicia Nalunkuma (23) from Uganda is a dancer and activist for Transgender Equality. Born as a boy, she always felt a girl. Since childhood she faced massive pain and sorrow. As a practicing Christian, still the Catholic Church...
Grant Me Justice: John Kashiha
English / Español / German / Portugues John Justin Kashiha (32) from Tanzania has a university degree, but he already lost five jobs because of being gay. The criminalisation of his sexuality brings a lot of hardship into his life: “Sometimes I would like God to show...
Pilgrims’ Rest
After the journey, a shared table.The Pilgrims’ Rest is an invitation to a shared table on the occasion of the Jubilee pilgrimage of LGBT+ people “Pellegrinaggio de La Tenda di Gionata e altre associazioni”. It is a space of rest after a day full of prayer and...
Reaction to the Interim Report Study Group 9
Reaction to the Interim Report Study Group 9, published by the General Secretariat of the Synod on 17 November 2025 What springs most into view for me, a lesbian catholic, is that homosexuality is one of three issues formerly labeled as “controversial”, which in this...
Lunch with Pope Leo
On 16 November, the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall hosted more than 1,300 vulnerable people for the World Day of the Poor. Among them were forty-eight women from Torvaianica, some trans, many living through poverty, past violence or the fragility of the street. They were...
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