Vatican sending new signals of openness but limitations in outreach to LGBTQ+ Catholics
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FILE - Members of the LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families who joined a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome walk through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)FILE - A representative of Dignity USA, a group of LGBTQ+ Catholics, wears pins on the lanyard of his pilgrim credential, outside the Sao Vicente de Paulo Parish Social Center after Pope Francis visited the center in the Serafina neighbourhood of Lisbon, Aug. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)Pope Leo XIV leave the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta , Friday, May 8, 2026, in Naples during a one-day pastoral visit to Pompeii and Naples. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)FILE - Members of the LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families who joined a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome walk through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)Pope Leo XIV leaves Naples at the end of a one-day pastoral visit to Pompeii and Naples,Friday, May 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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FILE - Members of the LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families who joined a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome walk through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)