LGBTQ+ Catholics make historic pilgrimage at Vatican

Some 32 million pilgrims are expected to descend on the Vatican this year for the Jubilee celebrations.

Pope Leo, who was elected in May, has yet to address the LGBTQ+ community publicly.

The American pontiff has also not commented on his predecessor’s 2023 decree.

In 2020, Pope Francis said “homosexual people have a right to be in a family”.

“They are children of God… nobody should be thrown out or made miserable over it”, he said.

Three years later, Francis allowed priests to bless same-sex and “irregular” couples, under certain circumstances.

But the Vatican said such blessings should not be part of regular Church rituals or related to civil unions or weddings.

It added that it continued to view marriage as between a man and a woman.