Pope Francis allegedly informed Italian bishops to not allow homosexual males to coach for the priesthood, with two Italian newspapers claiming that the 87-year-old pontiff made a homophobic slur in a closed-door assembly final week.
Citing sources from contained in the assembly, the Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica newspapers reported that the Pope had made the feedback whereas assembly with Italian bishops final Monday.
The newspaper articles, which had been translated from Italian, claimed the Pope had stated there may be “frociaggine” – which interprets in English to “faggotry” – in a number of the seminaries.
The remarks passed off within the context of proposals from the Italian bishops to amend tips on candidates to seminaries.
The Vatican dominated in 2005 that the church can’t enable the ordination of males who’re actively homosexual or have “deep-seated” gay tendencies. In 2016, Francis upheld this ruling.
Two years later he informed the Italian bishops to not settle for homosexual candidates for the priesthood.
Throughout his hold forth, the Pope has sought to supply a extra welcoming method to LGBTQ+ Catholics, saying “who am I to guage?” when requested about homosexual monks, and has additionally supplied the likelihood that monks might provide casual blessings for same-sex {couples}.
The Corriere della Sera newspaper acknowledged that the Argentine pope, who speaks Italian as a second language, could not have been conscious of how offensive his language was, including that the comment was greeted with incredulous laughter by the bishops.
A supply near the Pope informed CNN that it is also understood as there’s a “homosexual local weather” within the seminaries.
There isn’t any official transcript of the feedback as a result of nature of the closed-door assembly.
CNN has reached out to the Vatican to request touch upon whether or not the Pope used the time period. It has not but responded.
