It comes after reports that the Pope used extremely offensive language against gay men in a meeting.

Pope Francis has been told by a Filipino Catholic university student to “stop using offensive language” against LGBTQ people.

Slurs cause “immense pain”, Jack Lorenz Acebedo Rivero said during an online video panel with other Catholic university students and the pope.

His comments come after reports that the Pope used extremely offensive language against gay men during a closed-door meeting last month with bishops.

He later apologised to those who were “hurt” and the Vatican said he did not mean to offend anyone.

The Pope reportedly said gay men should not be allowed to train for the priesthood, adding there was already an air of frociaggine, which translates as a highly offensive slur.

  • @JimbabweEnglish
    49•5 months ago

    It was the bundle of sticks word, but in Italian. In case anyone else was curious.

    • @[email protected]English
      14•5 months ago

      Love the way you said that. Reminds me of a simpsons ep where Martin was explaining strength in numbers by breaking one stick then attempting to break a bundle but using the correct word

      • @UltravioletEnglish
        13•5 months ago

        Apparently flashing the dictionary definition of the word on screen was a requirement from Fox to allow them to air the scene, in an extremely rare case of that kind of thing actually making it funnier.

    • @ZehzinEnglish
      14•5 months ago

      It was the bundle of sticks word, but in Italian

      I think an italian bundle of sticks has a different, but still bad, connotation

      • CALIGVLAEnglish
        3•5 months ago

        Such a cool symbol, both from a visual and symbolic point of view. Extremists ruin everything.

    • @Noodle07English
      5•5 months ago

      What’s funny is that this word in French is not a slur at all, it just means a bundle of wood