The Vatican continues to officially recognize the pilgrimage of pro-LGBTQ groups on its Jubilee website, even after it dropped a reference to the pilgrimage of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX).
The Vatican’s Jubilee 2025 website currently lists on its calendar the Pilgrimage of “La Tenda di Gionata” (“The Tent of Jonathan”), a heterodox Italian LGBTQ group that has claimed that Scripture does not condemn homosexual relationships.
The pilgrims will be joined for Jubilee events by Outreach, a pro-LGBTQ group founded by the dissident Father James Martin, SJ, according to the organization’s website. According to the Outreach website, these events “are an official part of the Jubilee celebrations.”
A program detailing the pilgrimage’s concluding Jubilee events in Rome, shared by Disclose.tv, shows the events will kick off on September 5 with the “international meeting” entitled “Listen to the experiences of LGBTQ Catholics.” That evening, a “rainbow cross” will be presented during a prayer vigil at the Piazza del Gesù in Rome by “ a group of LGBT + pilgrims and their parents.”
The pilgrimage wraps up at St. Peter’s Square, where the pilgrims will join Pope Leo XIV for the Angelus. According to The Pillar, the LGBT events are supported by the Italian bishops’ conference as well as the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits.
While a spokesperson previously claimed the events’ listing on the Vatican Jubilee website did not indicate Vatican endorsement, the recent removal of a reference to the SSPX Jubilee pilgrimage seems to indicate that it is in fact a tacit endorsement of the LGBTQ group.