POPE USED HOMOPHOBIC SLUR IN MEETING WITH BISHOPS, ITALIAN MEDIA SAYS

Tue 28 May 2024:

Pope Francis reportedly used a homophobic slur during a meeting with Italian bishops, reaffirming his stance that gay men should not be allowed to become priests, as reported by Italian media.

The newspapers La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera stated on Monday that the 87-year-old Pope made the derogatory comment during a private meeting last week when asked if gay men could train for the priesthood if they remained celibate.

Pope Francis said they should not and joked that there were “already too many “‘frociaggine’” in some seminaries. In English, the term roughly translates to f****.

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Corriere della Sera reported that some of those present felt that the Pope, whose first language is Spanish, did not realise how offensive the word was.

The political gossip website Dagospia was the first to report on the alleged incident, said to have happened on May 20, when the Italian Bishops Conference opened its four-day assembly.

The Vatican has not commented on the alleged remarks.

Since becoming pope in 2013, Francis has insisted that the Catholic Church should be open to all, including the LGBTQ community.

Last year, he criticised laws that criminalised homosexuality and later said that priests could conduct blessings for same-sex couples under certain conditions.

The official doctrine of the Catholic Church still describes same-sex acts as “intrinsically disordered.”

According to The Human Dignity Trust, which works to abolish such laws, 67 countries or jurisdictions globally criminalize consensual same-sex sexual activity, with 11 potentially or actually imposing the death penalty.

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