Another sign of the anti-Christ times: Bishop Vincenzo Viva expressed hope that 'LGBT' Catholics will not only be welcomed into the Church but fully recognized as they are without calling for their repentance.
I ask, can things get any worse? Apparently so...
From lifesitenews.com, and written by Antonino Cambria Wed May 20, 2026 - 2:49 pm EDT: Italian bishop calls for 'full integration' of 'LGBT Catholics' during vigil against 'homotransphobia' - LifeSite
"ALBANO LAZIALE, Italy (LifeSiteNews) – During the Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano’s first-ever prayer vigil for overcoming “homotransphobia” at the parish of Santa Maria della Stella last weekend, Bishop Vincenzo Viva called not only for “welcoming” Catholics who identify as “LGBT” but their “full integration” without calling them to repentance.
In remarks for the May 16 prayer service organized by the heterodox “La Tenda di Gionata” (“The Tent of Jonathan”), Viva called for the acceptance of the homosexual faithful without making a distinction between whether they only have same-sex attraction or are engaged in same-sex “relationships” or identify as “transgender.” The bishop expressed hope that this would be the last prayer vigil necessary for overcoming “homotransphobia” and his wish that those Catholics who identify as “LGBT” will not only be welcomed into the Church but fully recognized and integrated into it as they are.
“I would also like — and I say this with all the desire in my heart — that, ideally, this should also be the last prayer vigil for overcoming ‘homotransphobia,'” Viva said.
“Not because it embarrasses anyone or causes misunderstanding in someone else, but because the day when it is no longer necessary to hold vigils like this will be the day when every person is recognized — and I use this word with full awareness and deliberation — ‘recognized’ as a living, original, irreplaceable part of the Body of Christ, without needing to pretend to be something they are not or to hide themselves,” he added.
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Here, the bishop explicitly called for so-called “LGBT Catholics” to be recognized as they are without calling any who are in homosexual “relationships” or who have mutilated themselves through sex-change operations to repentance.
The Catholic Church teaches that “homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered” and “contrary to the natural law” and that homosexual inclination, while not sinful in itself, is “objectively disordered.” The Catechism of the Catholic Church is clear that homosexual activity can never be approved and repeats that “(h)omosexual persons are called to chastity.” Homosexual acts are mortal sins; therefore, anyone who commits these sins and does not repent through the sacrament of confession is in danger of hell.
The Church also teaches that God creates every individual male or female at the moment of his or her conception, and that sex is an immutable trait that “characterizes man and woman not only on the physical level but also on the psychological and spiritual, making its mark on each of their expressions.”
The 1975 Vatican document Persona Humana warned against the tenets of the modern transgender movement, stating “there can be no true promotion of man’s dignity unless the essential order of his nature is respected.”
Catholic teaching also condemns bodily mutilation and sterilization as “against the moral law” and denounces gender ideology.
The Italian bishop further stressed that he hopes this prayer service will encourage the faithful to not only “welcome” their brethren who identify as “LGBT” but also for their full integration into the Church.
“That is why I do not wish to speak this evening of ‘welcoming,’ but of recognition and full integration. Welcoming presupposes that someone arrives from the outside and is allowed in out of the generosity of others. But as the baptized, no one is a guest in this church. God knows us by name, loves us and tells us again and again that we belong to him,” he said.
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“There is, then, no door to cross, because by virtue of our baptism we are already inside, each of us, with our own identity, our own history, our own weaknesses and shortcomings, our own gifts and unique characteristics: we are all within the heart of God and within the ecclesial body, even when this body, with its human frailties, has struggled and still struggles to recognize and accept differences,” he added.
While it is true that all people, including the so-called “LGBT,” are welcome in the Church, and indeed those who are baptized in the Church are already members of the Church, His Excellency again failed to mention that those who are committing sodomy, a sin that cries to Heaven, or have mutilated their bodies are called to repentance.
Pro-LGBT Masses and prayer services have become common in Europe and across the globe in recent years. Last fall, the Diocese of Münster, Germany’s official “LGBT ministry,” the Queergemeinde, organized a nationally televised “queer Mass.” During this Mass, Fr. Karsten Weidisch wore rainbow vestments and compared those who identify as “LGBT Catholics” with the Publican, and those who “point their finger” and “judge” these Catholics to the Pharisees in his homily."
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