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Vatican reserves 50 VIP Papal Audience seats for LGBTI travel group
The Vatican reserved 50 VIP Papal Audience tickets for a group of LGBTI Catholic pilgrims earlier this year, it has emerged.
The news has come to light in a report by Yahoo! Travel, which describes the New Ways Ministry‘s special journey from Florence to Rome via Assisi back in February.
The group were reportedly not publicly addressed by Pope Francis during the event.
The Maryland-based New Ways Ministry is led by a nun named Sister Jeannine Gramick, who’s been fighting for gay rights for more than four decades.
She told Yahoo! Travel: ‘Our 50 pilgrims, that included seven same-sex couples, were invited to special seats within 25 yards of Pope Francis at the papal audience on Ash Wednesday.’
‘Just as LGBT people, their families, and friends were welcomed to the Vatican, the SCOTUS decision on June 29 welcomes lesbian and gay couples into the civil family.’
The pilgrimage, which costs around $3,000 (£1,920 or 2,705 Euros) for all-inclusive attendance including flights, was called ‘Rebuild My Church: Pope Francis and St. Francis.’
Visit the official New Ways Ministry website for more information.
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Jamie Tabberer
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