Bishop Francesco Savino of Cassano all’Jonio, the vice president of the Italian Bishops' Conference, will preside over the Eucharist in the Jesuits’ church Il Gesù in Rome for the homosexual pilgrimage to St Peter’s basilica on September 6.
Saint Ignatius of Loyola is buried in this church. When asked about this event, Savino told Gionata.org on August 15 that no one is excluded from the Eucharist: "The bread broken on the altar knows no barriers of birth, language, social condition, or life path." (Does that mean that everyone can freely commit Eucharistic sacrilege?)
And: "The Eucharist is a welcoming womb, not a rejecting fence. It is a home with doors always open, where the cornerstone is unconditional love."
Bishop Savino believes that such a Eucharist is "not just a liturgical celebration, but a prophetic act; a sign announcing to the world that in the Kingdom of God, everyone is a son or daughter, gathered at the same table".
The Eucharist is "not a question of 'welcoming' someone into the house of the Lord, but of recognising that all are already its inhabitants by full right."
Monsignor Savino added that the Eucharist is "not a reward reserved for the few, but the bread of communion that restores the scattered human family."
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