Vatican Apologizes For Pope’s Use Of Anti-Gay Slur

The Guardian reports:

Pope Francis has apologised for using an offensive slur during a discussion with bishops about admitting gay men into seminaries, saying he “never intended to offend or express himself in homophobic terms”.

The apology followed reports in the Italian press on Monday that, during the discussion in Rome last week, the pontiff, 87, had said there was already too much “frociaggine” in some seminaries. The Italian word roughly translates as “faggotness”.

Matteo Bruni, the director of the Vatican’s press office, said Francis was aware of the newspaper reports about the closed-door conversation and “apologises to those who felt offended by the use of the term, reported by others”.

Read the full article. An Italian newspaper earlier reported that Pope Francis may not have known of the term’s offensiveness in Italian. Right wingers, particularly in the US, have long attacked the Pope for his relatively moderate stance on LGBTQ issues.

Regarding a closed-door conversation with Italian Bishops, the Director of the Holy See Press Office says Pope Francis “never intended to offend or express himself in homophobic terms, and he apologizes to those who felt offended”.https://t.co/JvftDFdlrx

— Vatican News (@VaticanNews) May 28, 2024

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