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.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    71·
    5 months ago

    That’s like the tiniest tip of the tiniest iceberg when it comes to the things the pope should stop doing. He should stop doing it anyway, but that’s one of the least harmful and yet still horrible things he’s attached his name to.

    • Haagel@lemmings.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      What are some of the harmful things that he’s attached his name to? I’m out of the loop…

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        8·
        5 months ago

        Seriously? Aside from heading an organization responsible for 2000 years of overall misery, we can talk about some of the recent stuff:

        • Continuing to cover up for and defend pedophile clergy.

        • Not demanding that diocese pay the money they are told to pay in court over pedophile cases rather than challenge it.

        • Saying that victims should report to the church, not the police.

        • Telling people in HIV-ridden areas of Africa that condoms are sinful.

        • Catholic hospitals which refuse to perform abortions, even in emergencies where the woman will die.

        • Sitting on a golden throne in a magnificent palace full of priceless artwork while millions of his faithful starve.

        I can keep going…

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
            2·
            5 months ago

            A Catholic friend of mine once told me that while it’s good that there has been more of a focus on sexual abuse from Catholics, there was also incredibly harsh corporal punishment when he was in Catholic school. Also very damaging to children. And I am guessing that at least some of those unmarked graves in the Catholic “residential schools” for indigenous peoples were children who were beaten to death.

        • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
          0·
          5 months ago

          even in emergencies where the woman will die.

          I seriously can’t understand this. I mean I’m not even particularly pro-choice but what the fuck is going on in these people’s heads?

            • Tarquinn2049@lemmy.worldEnglish
              11·
              5 months ago

              The main thing is they literally see it as murder no matter what, so they apply the biblically relevant murder rules to it. No ambiguity. And they see everyone else as literal murderers when they have had to go through with it. It certainly doesn’t help that they also see women as lesser and as needing to be controlled by men, but equating it to murder is still the main driver against it for them.

              • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                1·
                4 months ago

                Yes that’s a big factor as well. I need to remember to not always get so cynical.