PRIDE IS UNDER THREAT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU THIS YEAR?
The Pope’s Anti-Gay Slur at the Start of Pride Is NOT Important
Neither is his non-apology. He’s been enforcing the sentiment behind the slur since his papacy began. THAT’S what matters.
This story contains anti-gay slurs in English and Italian.
Did you hear Pope Francis recently appeared at a meeting of Italian Catholic bishops and reinforced his ban on gay men training for the priesthood? Even though the pope’s appearance made headlines, you might not understand what actually happened. Mainstream news coverage has been that poor, frankly.
What you probably HAVE read is that during that meeting, Francis used the Italian slur frociaggine, roughly equivalent to “fagotry” or “fagginess,” and you might have read that the bishops broke out in supportive laughter when the pope used the slur.
Also, speaking of poor journalism, you probably read that Francis apologized (he didn’t) and that he didn’t understand the word he used. (He did, more on that later.)
News reporting about Pope Francis has been so uniformly poor that I bet few of you know Francis has banned gay men from the priesthood — for…
