Vatican Apologizes After Pope Francis Uses Homophobic Slur During a Meeting With Bishops

[stewie_e]

Pope Francis issued a rare apology after he was accused of using a highly pejorative slur to refer to gay men in a closed-door session with bishops.

His choice of words appeared to counter his efforts to thaw the relationship with the LGBTQ+ community. https://t.co/cYb3tWYsdI
- The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 28, 2024

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[allons_y42]

so he's sorry he got caught, got it

[cbluechicken]

“The Pope never intended to offend or express himself in homophobic terms get caught!

[curlycutie016]

that's a pretty fast turnaround for a crisis comm, I am used to working at places where they take 3 days to get something out, and it's never fast enough.

[mwffj]

He's arguably the most powerful man on the planet. He says jump and approximately 1.4 billion people say "how high?".

[curlycutie016]

true, but i'm thinking about how the british royals were fumbling all over the place for how long before they were like oh we should do something about this kate business and then pushed her out in front of a camera

[hallyujah]

Other popes wouldn't even bother to apologize so Francis is still better than his predecessors but yes the bar is literally in hell with all the other popes lol.

Francis is basically a politician. Publicly he probably feels he needs to be seen as inclusive to save the relevance of Catholicism in the West, but privately he needs to express himself more conservatively to prevent too much dissent among Cardinals and Bishops. As for where his true feelings lie I think he's socially conservative (abortion, sex, gays etc) but fiscally has some socialist ideals/genuine concern for the poor

[theactualworst]

[beegotry]

fuck off, all this inclusivity is just a ploy to entice people to join your cult

[ivn]

Ding ding ding

[martymcfly85]

Yep, they know attendence is down so they have to find ways to get people to join/stay.