Pope Francis apologizes for using homophobic slur during private meeting at the Vatican

Pope Francis has apologized for something he said in a private meeting at the Vatican. According to Italian media, in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops, the pontiff said seminaries had too many gay men, referring to them using a a homophobic slur.

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[wilsonmccarty]

U never here LGBTQ demand apologies from the leaders of Muslims

[dustymuniz]

He apologized because he was caught. He said what he meant. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[ameersaleem]

He’s like 90, why are you guys surprised ? 😂

[wilsonmccarty]

Why would you apologize if you really believe in the bible then you worry about offending god and for a gay person to want to be a priest shows they have hidden motives outher then teaching the bible

[KEeosFight]

Trust me there a a lot slurs that people don't know are slurs and he a 87 year old white man. I believe him

[bttlemastr]

Even if you give him the benefit of the doubt with regards to the word used, he was literally complaining about "too many gay men" in the seminary. I think from this it's pretty clear that he has homophobic opinions internally, an apology in public for PR's sake won't change his true mind.

[spankyssurprise]

Stop apologizing...you said what you said...own it. They'll live.

[christiancuevas]

Blessing is for everyone. That's how he meant for it. Jesus did not exclude anyone who wants to be blessed by Him. Even His own disciple Mary Magdalene whose a sinner then.

[Nippless]

If he says it again I’m converting to whatever religion that is

[corym]

He's like 90 and Italian is not his first language. Cut him some slack. What's funny is the way viciously anti-gay people latched on to it and cheered it and then had their big nasty bubble burst. 🤣😂

[steveconn]

They get on everybody's nerves, at some point.

[hera]

The slur he used isn’t English, and he basically said they were gay (but the f word) and thugs.

[patgnz]

Look y’all, this shii is a Sin! He only stated the facts! 🤷🏽‍♂️ we need to depart from sin and come back to God! Simple as that!

[onlyinamerica]

So what the guy is the CEO of Child Molesters inc how this organization still is allowed to operate is stunning to me

[monsitime]

Stop apologizing, you should represent Christ our king

[robertpolnicky]

I wonder how many times ive messed up like that. Thank god im not famous.

[MichaelEngeldinger]

why no marriage popey, Freddie wants to know and popey, the chiefs won the Super Bowl and Travis Kielce takes care of business, pope you might want to lock your door with Jim jeffries

[thatguyk.]

Italian is his second language, it would be inconsistent with everything else he's done to knowingly do this so likely it was out of a lack of knowledge and nothing malicious

[-Nine-]

Did he use the F word? Did he call them...



Fruits?

[jajsound]

And the Jesus said " Speak Your maybe he didn't, Maybe he did, Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve...You Get Em Pope !!!!