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Vatican sending new signals of openness but limitations in outreach to LGBTQ+ Catholics
A Vatican working group included first-person accounts from two gay, married Catholics as Pope Leo XIV kept a cautious line on blessings and local rules.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is sending new signals about how it intends to minister to LGBTQ+ Catholics in the Pope Leo XIV era, with signs of openness and limitations after Pope Francis ushered in a notable welcome during his 12-year pontificate. Catholic LGBTQ+ advocates cheered this week when a Vatican working group released a report featuring the testimony of two gay, married Catholics who spoke openly about their sexuality, faith and ho…