Pope Francis has all his gowns made by this queer, tatted up bearded daddy.
Oops! The Holy See did it again.
Pope Francis has been accused of using an Italian anti-gay slur, just weeks after he was previously caught saying the same word and forced the Vatican to have to somewhat apologize for the offensive remark.
According to the Italian news service ANSA, the 87-year-old head of the Catholic church used the term “frociaggine” on Tuesday while telling priests that gay men should be welcomed to the church, but not allowed in seminaries. Too late, gurl!
Last month, Pope Francis allegedly used the vulgar phrase – that has since been appropriated into THEE tagline of Hot Gay Summer – during a closed-door meeting with bishops on May 20.
In the aftermath, the Vatican issued a rare apology to “those who were offended.”
“The pope never intended to offend or express himself in homophobic terms, and he extends his apologies to those who were offended by the use of a term, reported by others,” Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement.
Some bishops tried to give Pope Francis a pass since he is Argentinian (but of Italian descent) and may not have been aware that the word is a considered abhorrent in Italian.
Regardless, his use of the slur came as a shock to some since he’s been credited with being more tolerant of the LGBTQ+ community than past popes.
Being ‘tolerated’ is as much a slur as any verbal abuse – Ed. Gay Pages
