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.
“frociaggine”, a vulgar Italian term roughly translating as “(bundle of sticks)ness”
How I sleep knowing the Pope is unhappy about the ‘air of frociaggine’ in the Church: 😊💤
Maybe he should open the windows in his bedroom more often.
What a shit article.
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 (fag***, according to Gtranslate)
Goddamn, apparently I’m missing out on the good shit at church, wtf. They better be at pride this year. 🏳️🌈
This dude is genuinely trying to piss off everyone and help nothing.
Not the pedophile. I’m so disappointed
I don’t know why, but if I figure in my head him telling that word with his voice and his Argentinian accent it sounds almost funny.
Since he is a foreigner, I assume he does not fully understand how vulgar and derogatory that term is in Italian. The result is “hilarious”, because as a native you realize he didn’t mean to use that word, like e.g. when a child uses a swear word thinking it is in the right context while it’s not.
Head of a theocratic microstate and an old establishment of reaction with history of covering up their crimes uses a slur? gasp How could this possibly happen?!
Honest question: what do we expect the Pope to say? For all intents and purposes, he is the head of a very old and established ‘religion’. He wouldn’t be the pope if his views were contrary to the teachings of the church as it currently exists.
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.
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
I wouldn’t expect an extremely old person to be aware of all the nuances of modern language. Least of all the pope, who, I’d assume, has effectively zero contact with anyone even remotely close to being a rainbow activist. External culture and langue has moved a lot in the last 15-20 years. While I am far from that old, it’s not unreasonable to expect that calling someone that was relatively normal during the popes childhood, certainly in a religious environment.
their point was that the pope being a homophobe is like common knowledge and homophobes using slurs is not really news
He probably smokes poles on the DL.
No hate like Christian love, as they say.
