Pope Francis' personal picks for the Synod remain largely the same this year as last year, including controversial figures such as Cardinals Blase Cupich, Jozef De Kesel, Wilton Gregory, Robert McElroy and Father James Martin, S.J.
The artist, Fr. William Hart McNichols, wrote that ‘this painting is set in the cosmos, because the acceptance of LGBTQ people remains still in the present and into the future – something to come.’
'These are great men who fully should be in religious communities. The only reason that they're not admitted is because of their medical history, their trans status,' said 'transgender man' Nicole Matson.
Cardinal Gregory of DC offered Mass for Fr. James Martin’s ‘Outreach’ conference, which includes pro-LGBT speakers and is organized by Martin’s LGBT activist group that promotes ‘Pride Month,’ homosexual ‘marriage,’ and transgenderism.
The Outreach conference highlights speakers with dissident views on Catholic sexual ethics, including ex-Jesuit priest Fr. William Hart McNichols and pro-LGBT Jewish Biblical scholar Amy-Jill Levine.
Pope Francis sent a hand-written letter to Father James Martin shortly before the commencement of the pro-LGBT Outreach conference, writing 'I will be spiritually...with all of you, united in prayer.'
LifeSiteNews has launched a petition praying for Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò following an announcement by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith today declaring that His Excellency is guilty of 'schism' and has been automatically excommunicated.
At an LGBT conference, Fr. James Martin stood at a pulpit adorned with a banner that appeared to show Mary holding a transgender flag and also appeared with conference organizers, who displayed a t-shirt that mixed images of Christ and Mary with the rainbow flag.