film
Religion
Roman Catholic Church
Building a Bridge Between Catholic Church and LGBTQ+ Community
Building a Bridge, available Tuesday via video on demand, follows Father James Martin as he spreads the word that there’s a place for LGBTQ+ people in the church — and that the church needs to be more loving and welcoming toward them. Martin has been offering that message for years, including in a book of the same name, published in 2017, but he and co-directors Evan Mascagni and Shannon Post expect that the film will reach an even wider audience.The idea of making a film about Martin originated with Mascagni, who was brought up Catholic in Kentucky but stopped practicing the faith when he went to college.