When Rev. Dr. Mel White and a small cadre of Soulforce volunteers boarded the cruise ship Brilliance of the Seas, it was for activism first and pleasure second. Where better to recruit potential activists than from the captive audience of two thousand gay male passengers? Together the small Soulforce team created invitations to an act […]
Archives for September 2005
National Catholic Reporter Article: "Soulforce in Rome"
John Allen, Jr., Vatican CorrespondentNational Catholic Reporter, 09/02/2005 Just before 8 a.m. on Jan. 13, 1998, a 39-year-old Sicilian named Alfredo Ormando slipped into St. Peter’s Square in Rome. Ormando removed a can of gasoline, doused himself, and lit himself on fire. He began walking in the direction of St. Peter’s Basilica "like a giant […]
Photos from Friday, September 2, 2005
Soulforce volunteers begin to gather for protest in St. Peter’s Square Jake and Mel being interviewed by reporters from Catholic Naitonal Reporter and Catholic National Register Flowers, prayer cards, and a Soulforce cross in St. Peter’s Square Back to 2005 Soulforce Vigil at the Vatican