On the “fricaggine” he used to describe homosexual men admitted to seminary and the “open homosexuality” histories
Yes, I know, that term doesn’t have practical, colloquial application — it doesn’t mean that they never bungle math problems or lose track of where they hung their robes. The general notion or mythology of infallibility is considered a kind of papal authority and aloofness that discourages any real-time revisiting of false steps.
Francis could have just ignored the attention to his offensive language until it died down. Popes are expected to worry not about the news cycle but about eternity. He would have been pleased by the fact that he was moving on. They think he’s done too much outreach to the L.G.B.T. Q. people and been too attached to them.
Francis said that the training grounds for future priests were too crowded with “frociaggine” when he told the Italian Bishops about his opinion regarding openly homosexual men being admitted to seminary.
I am disappointed that he used it, instead of using it as he had promised in the past, that he would respect gay people and same-sex couples. I am not sure if he was trying to curry favor with the conservatives or he was just showing his own bigotry.
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But I know this: Another pope in a prior era wouldn’t have been so quick to do damage control. Another pope in a prior era mightn’t have felt that any damage was done.