WelCom June/July 2023
Pope Francis has sent a message of support to a conference, 16–18 June, to discuss LGBTQ ministry in the Catholic Church, after right-wing online influencers organised a petition to try and stop the event. The Pope publicly backed the three-day Outreach conference at New York’s Fordham University that considered issues ranging from how the Bible speaks of homosexuality, how the church should minister with transgender Catholics and how to raise LGBTQ children in the faith.