Overview

• About 1,400 Catholics and allies from roughly twenty countries gathered in Rome for the Jubilee event organized by La Tenda di Gionata.
• Participants attended a vigil with testimonies, a Mass at the Chiesa del Gesu, and processed through St. Peter’s Holy Door.
• The Mass was presided over by the vice-president of the Italian bishops’ conference, signaling pastoral engagement within established limits.
• No private audience with Pope Léon XIV was scheduled, though he recently met U.S. Jesuit James Martin, a prominent advocate for LGBT+ inclusion.
• Organizers and participants hailed the visibility as a sign of welcome, as Vatican and Jubilee officials cautioned it should not be read as institutional endorsement and doctrine remains unchanged.