The Pope has again used a homophobic term after apologising last month for saying gay men should not be admitted to church seminaries because ‘there’s already too much f*ry’ in closed-door meetings.
He used the word ‘frociaggine’, a vulgar Italian term roughly translated as ‘f*ness’, on May 20 during a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops.
According to Italian news agency ANSA, Pope Francis, 87, repeated the term on Tuesday as he met Roman priests, saying, ‘There is an air of f*ness in the Vatican’.
He added that it was better that young men with a homosexual tendency not be allowed to enter the seminary, a college that trains students to become priests.
The Vatican press office responded to a question about the most recent allegation by citing a statement it had released about the pope’s meeting with the priests on Tuesday, in which he reaffirmed the need to embrace gay individuals inside the Church and urged care when it came to their enrollment as seminarians.
Following the initial reports of him using the slur, anonymous bishops present in the discussion were cited by the Italian daily Corriere della Sera as speculating that, as an Argentine, the pope might not have understood the Italian term he used was derogatory.
The Pope had been credited with making substantial moves towards being more welcoming of the LGBT+ community during his 11-year papacy.
Some Vatican watchers claim that his recent transgressions cast doubt on his beliefs and the reform strategy he has in mind for the Church, undermining his authority.
In May, Italian news agency Adnkronos, citing sources, reported that the Pope said in his speech: ‘Look, there is already an air of f*ry around that is not good. There is today’s culture of homosexuality with respect to those who have a homosexual orientation [who] are better off not being accepted [into the seminary].’
The remark was met with ‘incredulous laughter’, bishops told newspaper Corriere della Sera, but represents a huge step back for campaigners after prolonged efforts to reform the church’s position on LGBTQ+ rights.
The Pope apologised the following week, with the Vatican releasing a statement that said: ‘The Pope never intended to offend or express himself in homophobic terms, and he apologises to those who felt offended by the use of a term reported by others.’
This was directly from his lips; it was not in a confessional. Being a well-known individual, whatever this man does or says is open to criticism.
The church should practice what it preaches, otherwise, they’re in trouble.
Now that the anti-Christ is on the loose and destroying the Catholic Church, all we can do is wait for it to go away or just pass away!
Does God not get to pick and prepare his priests? It appears that he has resumed his gossiping.
We don’t need a wolf in sheep’s clothing pouring acid on the servants of the church, and this is coming from someone who believes in an imaginary person in the sky. Walks around in a frock all day. Doesn’t believe in the sanctity of marriage and belongs to an organisation of deviants.
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 