GNRC nominated for the 2025 San Sebastián Award in Spirituality

The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics has been officially nominated for the San Sebastián Awards 2025 (XVI Edition) in the category Spirituality. This nomination comes from the San Sebastián Community in Colombia, a network of Catholics who celebrate faith,...

GNRC nominated for the 2025 San Sebastián Award in Spirituality

The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics has been officially nominated for the San Sebastián Awards 2025 (XVI Edition) in the category Spirituality. This nomination comes from the San Sebastián Community in Colombia, a network of Catholics who celebrate faith,...

The Corner 15: The Open Door

With this new edition of The Corner, GNRC reaches a moment that feels like a milestone and a threshold. A door opens. Through it we can look back with gratitude and forward with quiet trust. Something is concluded. Everything continues. Madrid and Rome: where...

Contemplative Spiritual Formation Gathering

The GNRC Contemplative Spiritual Formation committee invites you to its up coming bi-weekly online gathering. Date and Time: Our next gatherings will be on Saturday, Nov. 15 and 29.  7 a.m.   San Francisco/Vancouver; 8 a.m.  Denver, Calgary; 9...

The synodal pathway – Trust in the Slow Work of God

“Above all, trust in the slow work of God…that ideas mature gradually — let them grow. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Jesuit, theologian, French palaeontologist (1881–1955) I want to share some good news with you: the Synodal Pathway of the Italian Church is entering a...

Sr. Prema: A Life-Changing Encounter of Faith and Inclusion

My overall impression of the conference is overwhelmingly positive, It was a truly unforgettable, life-changing experience filled with grace and profound meaning in my life. I felt deeply fortunate to be among people of such remarkable integrity and spiritual...

Art corner: Matthew LaBanca — When Faith, Identity and Witness Meet

Matthew LaBanca stands at the intersection of devotion, creativity and identity. A Broadway-actor turned music teacher in a New York Catholic school, LaBanca’s story became the foundation of his solo play COMMUNION. According to his website, the show is “based on the...

Voices from Africa: Rev. Antonio Ocharo

I am Bishop Antonio Ocharo of the Catholic Church in Exile, Diocese of Kenya. I am married with 4 children. I was raised up as a Roman Catholic adherent and later in life I joined a Roman Catholic Seminary pursuing studies in philosophy and theology in preparation for...

CEI press conference: dialogue, women and LGBT

“Leaven of Peace and Fraternity”: the Italian Church closes its Synodal Path with a call to dialogue and shared responsibility Rome, 26 October 2025 — Source: CEI press conference After four years of consultation involving over 500,000 people, 50,000 local groups, and...

Equal dignity in Christ”: Italy’s Synod chooses the path of inclusion

🌿 “Equal Dignity in Christ”: a New Breath for the Italian Church Rome, October 25, 2025 – 9:42 p.m. CEST With 781 votes in favor out of 809, the Third Synodal Assembly of the Catholic Church in Italy approved this afternoon its final document, Leaven of Peace and Hope...

Inclusion Is the Gospel Itself — Mons. Francesco Savino’s Courageous Vision of Church and Humanity

Dear friends,what many of us have been quietly building across Europe is beginning to bear fruit. Our prayers, our testimonies, our patient presence as faithful and hopeful Christians are helping the Church recognise in us a genuine desire to walk in faith. This week,...

Pilgrimage

2025Jubilee Pilgrimage  The Global Network...

Pilgrims’ Rest

After the journey, a shared table.The Pilgrims’...

THE CORNER 14

In this edition of The Corner, we invite you on...

We are back at Church of the Gesù for 11 am Mass presided  by Bishop Francesco...

In the beautiful Chiesa del Gesu where the great and good of our LGBT+ community...

Colors for the Jubilee Pilgrimage of LGBT+ Pilgrims

Colors for the Jubilee Pilgrimage of LGBT+ Pilgrims

Hello, my name is Sawa Namira Previti, I am thirteen years old and I paint in a cubist style. I often begin with a simple drawing, a line, and then I let myself be carried away. Sometimes a face is born, sometimes a body that breaks apart, other times symbols that...

The coins in the handkerchief (article also available in Spanish)

The coins in the handkerchief (article also available in Spanish)

The coins in the handkerchief. (Spanish translation below) - Lord, your money has produced ten times as much. - Lord, here's your money, I've kept it in a handkerchief. I am 36 years old, and I can say that God has granted me a great number of gifts and charisms. I...

Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage

2025Jubilee Pilgrimage  The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics is honoured to be a partner in the Jubilee event Pellegrinaggio de La Tenda di Gionata e Altre Associazioni. Our mission: to connect LGBTQ+ Catholic groups worldwide, promote inclusion, and build...

The meaning of the Jubilee and how GNRC became partner

The meaning of the Jubilee and how GNRC became partner

On 6 September 2025, hundreds of LGBT+ Catholics, their families, and allies will gather in Rome for the Pellegrinaggio de La Tenda di Gionata e altre associazioni. They will walk together from Piazza Pia to the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica — a journey of prayer,...

Delivering hope / Entregar Esperanza

Delivering hope / Entregar Esperanza

Delivering Hope (Spanish version below) Hello, I am Maritza Fuenzalida Salas, a woman, bisexual, activist, Catholic, and believer. I belong to the Comunidad de Vida y Coro Diversidad Vocal (Community of Life and Vocal Diversity Choir) in Chile. For me, belonging to...

LGBT+ Spanish History

LGBT+ Spanish History

This timeline traces key moments in the struggle for LGBT+ rights in Spain, from repression under Franco's regime to legal recognition and social inclusion. It is a story of  efforts, activism, communities, and policymakers who shaped a path toward justice and...

Las semillas de la 4a asamblea de la GNRC en México.

Las semillas de la 4a asamblea de la GNRC en México.

Las semillas de la 4a asamblea de la GNRC en México. (scroll down for the English version) Mirar desde la esperanza fue la primer semilla que se sembró en mi desde aquel septiembre del 2022, fecha en que se llevó a cabo en la ciudad de México la cuarta asamblea de la...

History does not repeat (if we learn, remember, and act)

History does not repeat (if we learn, remember, and act)

Over the past few years, many of us engaged in faith-based and civil society activism have sensed a growing hostility in the air. Ari Shaw’s recently wrote an article in Foreign Affairs confirming with clarity that it is not only a matter of perception. The rise in...

Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage

2025Jubilee Pilgrimage  The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics is honoured to be a partner...

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