Honestly, I buy it. If he was uncontrollably homophobic he wouldn't have steered the church the way he has.
That's not to say he's an ally; he's obviously still a firm proponent of the traditional catholic stances on these things, but it seems to me there's a difference between continuing to believe a homophobic religion and personally hating gay people.
He never intended for people to find out he was being offensive and homophobic.
This is 2024. I don't care how old he is. He doesn't live under a rock. He knows an offensive term for queer people when he uses it.
Come back with a real apology, Francis. And make it yourself, don't get some lackey to do it for you.
The newspaper articles, which were translated from Italian, claimed the Pope had said there is “frociaggine” – which translates in English to “faggotry” – in some of the seminaries.
Nobody doesn't know that word is extremely offensive. This isn't like grandpa saying "negro", it's a gross slur.
The 87-year-old 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.
Well, they'd better brace for an even more severe priest shortage then. I've met many Catholic priests over the years, and based on their mannerisms, I'd estimate that a sizeable minority were nearly falling out of the closet. Not a big deal IMO, as most of them were good guys as far as priests go. They cared about and wanted to do what was best for their parishioners. And they took their commitment to the church very seriously. But excluding them from the seminary will just make the current priest shortage even worse.
Pedophile enabler gets in trouble for using a "slur"
Welcome to the clown world y'all!!!!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The 87-year-old 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.
The Pope’s comments came to light on Monday when two Italian newspapers - the Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica – reported on the May 20 meeting, citing sources in attendance.
Francis’ comments were made in the context of proposals from the Italian bishops to amend guidelines on candidates to seminaries.
The Vatican ruled in 2005 that the church cannot allow the ordination of men who are actively gay or have “deep-seated” homosexual tendencies.
Two years later he told the Italian bishops not to accept gay candidates for the priesthood.
A source close to the Pope told CNN that the phrase could also be understood as there is a “gay climate” in the seminaries.
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I wonder why gay people keep feeling called to the vocations that don’t let you marry and instead surround you with people of your gender
I always thought it was somewhat the opposite. When a society does not accept gay people as people, religious orders (priest/sister/brother) is an acceptable way to not have relationships with the opposite gender.
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