Pope Francis apologized Tuesday after he was quoted using a vulgar and derogatory term about gay men to reaffirm the Catholic Church’s ban on gay priests.
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni issued a statement acknowledging the media storm that erupted about Francis’ comments, which were delivered behind closed doors to Italian bishops on May 20.
Italian media on Monday had quoted unnamed Italian bishops in reporting that Francis jokingly used the term “faggotness” while speaking in Italian during the encounter. He had used the term in reaffirming the Vatican’s ban on allowing gay men to enter seminaries and be ordained priests.
Just so we're clear: No to gay men, but it's OK to have child abusers and modern-day slavers in the Catholic Church. And those who engage in child abuse, to this day, get protected and moved to escape justice. Only when it hits the press does the RCC cooperate with the cops, and maybe not even then.
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Since the Pope doesn't usually speak in North American English why would he use the term faggot or 'faggotness', which I have never heard, to mean gay or homosexual?
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