Pope Francis apologizes for using a homophobic slur during a meeting with bishops | CNN
Pope Francis apologizes for using a homophobic slur during a meeting with bishops | CNN
The pontiff reportedly made the homophobic remark in a closed-door meeting last week as he told Italian bishops that gay men shouldn’t be allowed to train for the priesthood.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/33205775
Pope Francis apologizes for using a homophobic slur during a meeting with bishops | CNN
“The Pope never intended to offend or express himself in homophobic terms, and he extends his apologies to those who felt offended by the use of a term, as reported by others,” the Vatican said in a Tuesday statement.
“As he (Pope Francis) has said on several occasions, ‘in the Church there is room for everyone, everyone! No one is useless, no one is superfluous, there is room for everyone. Just as we are, everyone.’”
Seems like they’re playing it off as “grandpa had a woopsie”.
We're focusing on him using a homophobic slur, but we're ignoring what the meeting was about: that he doesn't want gay men in the priesthood.
Is that his position? I didn’t see that part in the article.
edit: ok, i see that now
Yes, the entire thing was him justifying why he doesn't want seminaries to accept gay men, and how "people with those tendencies" fall into temptation.
Fuck the pope
Glad he did. It was not the right thing to do.