"Open to us the Gates of Justice!" ******************************************SOULFORCE DENVER PRESS RELEASE: October 26, 2005For Immediate ReleaseContact: Christopher Hubble, Soulforce Denver LeaderPhone: 303-641-0824, info@soulforcedenver.orgContact: Kate Burns, Soulforce Denver Co-LeaderPhone: 303-806-8444, kateburns303@msn.com****************************************** DENVER, CO (October 26, 2005) – In response to the Catholic Church hierarchy’s continued scapegoating of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, Soulforce […]
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Soulforce Postpones the Washington D.C. Action in Favor of National Week of Prayer and Vigils, Nov. 7-12, 2005
******************************************SOULFORCE MEDIA ALERT: September 23, 2005For Immediate ReleaseContact: Robyn Murphy, 314-712-7431, robyn@soulforce.org****************************************** In response to recent Vatican announcements, Soulforce will postpone the Washington DC action at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, in favor of allocating resources to the National Week of Prayer, Nov. 7-12, 2005. The two Vatican announcements of the impending visits to […]
365Gay.com Article: "Vatican Protest Remembers Gay Who Set Himself On Fire"
365Gay.com, 09/04/2005 (Vatican City) A small group of Americans held a silent vigil yesterday to remember Alfredo Ormando, a gay Catholic academic who set himself on fire in St. Peter’s Square in 1998. The Americans, from the LGBT religious group Soulforce, were led by Rev. Mel White. They called on Pope Benedict to apologize for […]
Associated Press Article: "Gay Activists Remember Vatican Protestor"
Associated Press, 09/03/2005 Vatican City (AP) – A small group of U.S. gay rights advocates gathered in St. Peter’s Square late last week in memory of an Italian man who burned himself to death to protest the church’s treatment of gays. Alfredo Ormando, a 40-year-old from Palermo, Sicily, set himself on fire in St. Peter’s […]
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
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 […]