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,...

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 gathering will be on Saturday, Nov. 29. We meet every two weeks on Saturdays (e.g., Dec. 13, 27, Jan. 10, 24) 7 a.m.   San...

The Synodal Winds of Change in the Catholic Church

In these weeks, two signs have arrived from the heart of the Church: the Italian Bishops’ Conference has confirmed a series of pastoral proposals for LGBT+ people, and the General Secretariat of the Synod has released the recent Presentation of the Study Group. Taken...

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...

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...

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...

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...
peace is…

peace is…

“Each of us is called to be an artisan of peace.” — Pope Francis Peace is not...

In his image

In his image

Leo XIII often wrote about human dignity as grounded in being made in God’s image....

GNRC Previous Boards

GNRC Previous Boards

GNRC Board 2019 – 2021 The GNRC Board now operates under its newly implemented constitution. The two Co-Chairs, Secretary, Region Representative, Diversity Representative and Media Co-Ordinator were elected by its members at the Mexico Assembly in September 2022. The...

Board

Board

GNRC Board 2022 – 2025 The GNRC Board now operates under its newly implemented constitution. The two Co-Chairs, Secretary, Treasurer, Region Representative, Diversity Representative and Media Co-Ordinator were elected by its members at the Mexico Assembly in September...

Salt of the Church? by Chris Vella

Salt of the Church? by Chris Vella

Salt of the Earth! What a wonderful metaphor of what each Christian is called to be: To make a difference; to be a beacon; to be a sign of God’s hope; to be a sign to power.

Homosexuality is not a crime!

Homosexuality is not a crime!

Pope says "homosexuality is not a crime" Pope Francis has made a long awaited and much praised statement on homosexuality during an interview with the Associated Press by declaring "homosexuality is not a crime".  Link Below is a statement from the GNRC Co_Chairs...

The Passing for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

The Passing for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

GNRC offers its prayers for the repose of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI The Catholic world mourns the loss of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI who passed away today, 31st December 2022. Benedict had been a close adviser to Pope John Paul 11 and succeeded him as Bishop of Rome...

GNRC Newsletter “The Corner Nº10” Language Compilation

GNRC Newsletter “The Corner Nº10” Language Compilation

  GNRC Newsletter "The Corner Nº10" (PDF file) available in Chinese, English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. Chinese Version:       GNRC Newsletter "The Corner N10" Chinese English Version:        GNRC Newsletter "The Corner N10" English French Version:     GNRC...

Report to the Secretariat of the Synod from GNRC

Report to the Secretariat of the Synod from GNRC

GNRC has submitted an official report to the Secretariat of the Synod, representing the hopes and concerns of LGBTIQ Catholics, family members, and allies worldwide. Based on input received during Synod Listening Sessions, conducted by Co-Chair Marianne Duddy-Burke...

A Shining Rainbow in the Basilica de Guadalupe

A Shining Rainbow in the Basilica de Guadalupe

The Rainbow on the Mantle of Guadalupe First she deigned to let herself be seen by those who have suffered exclusion inside the temples, their names: LGBTIQ+; and it was later that her precious and beloved Image appeared in front of the religious authorities....

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