GNRC Assembly 2025 – MADRID

Experience a transformative event that brings that brings together LGBTQ+ Catholics, families, friends and allies from around the world to share, learn, and celebrate our diverse community. August 21 → 25The GNRC Assembly  offers a platform to engage in meaningful...

“Who am I to judge?” MSNBC interviews Marianne Duddy Burke

“So many families have struggled with how to love their LGBTQ+ kids or siblings, or grandkids, and for decades tried to remain consistent with Church teaching… Pope Francis’ words helped bridge and heal so many families.”

Pope Francis: A beacon of hope

It was just a few minutes after 10.00 am when my husband Tyrone told me with palpable shock, “Pope Francis has died.” We rushed to switch on the TV. The news was official. The Pope had really died. Talk about surprises! This was very unexpected. The previous day,...

RIP Pope Francis: He Opened Doors. We Walked Through Them.

Today, our hearts are heavy. As the Global Network of Rainbow Catholics, we join millions around the world in mourning the death of Pope Francis. For us, this loss is deeply personal. His papacy marked a turning point—often imperfect, sometimes painful, but undeniably...

Contemplative Spiritual Formation Gathering

Friday, April 18th The Stations of the Cross: The Struggle for LGBQ+ Equality was hosted by Rainbow Contemplatives with the support of the GNRC Contemplative Spiritual Formation Committee on Good Friday, 2023. Some 15 persons from around the globe added their...

Pope Francis Health: Between Prayers and Speculations

The news cycle has been relentless. Pope Francis has fallen ill, and many engage in a race for attention, playing with extremes. Some pray, others mock. Some spread rumors, others fight to correct them. In a single day, headlines declare him dead, then alive, then...

GNRC Assembly 2025 – MADRID

Experience a transformative event that brings that brings together LGBTQ+ Catholics, families, friends and allies from around the world to share, learn, and celebrate our diverse community. August 21 → 25The GNRC Assembly  offers a platform to engage in meaningful...

THE CORNER 14

In this edition of The Corner, we invite you on a journey of reflection, celebration, and action as we highlight stories, initiatives, and voices from our global LGBT+ faith communities. This issue is a testament to the resilience, creativity, and solidarity that...

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2024

Today, we remember. Transgender Day of Remembrance is a solemn occasion, a day to honour and mourn the lives of transgender people who have been taken from us through acts of violence and hatred. As Catholics, we are called to stand with those on the margins, just as...

First Catholic Conference on Faith and Sexuality in India

In this time of synodality, when Pope Francis calls us to walk together and listen deeply, we find moments that touch our souls and open our hearts to a broader vision of the Church. One such moment came to life in Pune, India, through the efforts of my group Bridge...

India: A Synodal Approach to Pastoral Care and Social Inclusion

We are thrilled to announce the "Gender and Sexual Minorities in India: A Synodal Approach to Pastoral Care and Social Inclusion", a conference organized by Ishvani Kendra and our member group, Bridge and Embrace. This event aims to unite faith communities to build...

Webinar: IN/verse

on trans identities, poetry, judaism Sunday 27...

Pope Francis plans to make his first public appearance in over a month by greeting...

¡La 4ª Asamblea Mundial de Católicos Arcoíris llega a Madrid! Del 1 al 5 de octubre...

Building a Church of True Welcome A recent meeting between Spain’s Minister of...

Fiducia Supplicans On the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings

Fiducia Supplicans On the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings

A Historic Step Forward: Embracing Blessings for Same-Sex Couples in the Catholic Church Pope Francis continues to surprise, delight and infuriate us, in equal measures, depending on your conservative or more liberal views. But what cannot be denied is that he is...

Remembering Cris Serra: A Light in Our GNRC Community

Remembering Cris Serra: A Light in Our GNRC Community

It is with heavy hearts and a profound sense of loss that we, the Global Network of Rainbow Catholics (GNRC), remember Cris Serra, whose life and legacy continue to inspire us. Cris, a former GNRC Board member, psychologist, author, and relentless advocate for justice...

Pope Francis meets GNRC

Pope Francis meets GNRC

”Go ahead!”: Pope Francis encourages Catholic LGBT+ leaders to move forward **Rome, October 25, 2023** Today, during his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis reflected on Saints Cyril and Methodius, emphasising their efforts to ground the Church's message in local...

Pope Francis welcoming

Pope Francis welcoming

It is very heartwarming to see Pope Francis take the time to acknowledge and recognise LGBT+ organisations, especially two of our members groups Quest in England and Acceptance Australia who recently celebrated their 50th anniversaries. Pope Francis sent messages of...

Embracing Diversity: GNRC Celebrates World Youth Day in Lisbon

Embracing Diversity: GNRC Celebrates World Youth Day in Lisbon

The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics is thrilled to announce its participation in World Youth Day in Lisbon this August. Together with our colleagues, we will be supporting an empowering program filled with diverse activities and dialogue from the 1st to the 4th of...

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