Pope Francis is reported to have used extremely derogatory language in an incident that could have a profound impact on the way his attitude towards gay people is perceived.

When asked at the Italian Bishops’ Conference if gay men should now be allowed to train for the priesthood as long as they remained celibate, Pope Francis said they should not.

He is then believed to have continued by saying in Italian that there was, in the Church, already too much of an air of frociaggine, which translates as a highly offensive slur.

  • VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    He didn’t have to use the Italian word for “removedness” if you find someone calling others a removed excusable then that says a lot about you.

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      8 months ago

      The Pope said an air of fаggοtry. You don’t need to censor the word when this entire discussion is about it

      Oh wow it removes it automatically

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      8 months ago

      their point was that the pope being a homophobe is like common knowledge and homophobes using slurs is not really news

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        8 months ago

        It’s the Catholic Church. I think they can afford an Italian tutor or something for the Pope, my dude. Maybe the use of this word points to their stagnant (repugnant?) ideals that (apparently like the Pope’s grasp of…language?) haven’t evolved in the past 100 years.