VATICAN CITY (CNS) Six days after Pope Francis had a closed-door meeting with members of the Italian bishops conference, a notorious Italian gossip website reported that the pope used a derogatory slang term in Italian to describe some seminaries as being marked by a gay culture.
The website, Dagospia, said the pope used the term May 20 when responding to a bishop s question about admitting gay men to seminaries as candidates for priesthood. The Vatican press office declined multiple reques
VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope Francis 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, that is considered vulgar in Italian, the Vatican press office said.
Six days after Pope Francis had a closed-door meeting with members of the Italian bishops conference, a notorious Italian gossip website reported that the pope used a derogatory slang term in Italian to describe some seminaries a
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