Pope Francis reportedly expressed his opposition to gay men becoming priests during a meeting with Roman priests this week, which comes only a couple weeks after he made similar remarks during a closed-door meeting.
Francis, 87, reportedly said that “there is an air of frociaggine in the Vatican” and that those who are gay should not be admitted into seminaries. According to the Washington Post, the word “frociaggine” roughly translates to “fa***tness” in the Roman Italian dialect.
The Post reported that Francis made the remarks while meeting with approximately 200 priests at Rome’s Salesian Pontifical University.
While speaking about the “danger of ideologies in the Church”, he reportedly “reiterated the need to welcome and accompany gay men in the Church” but indicated they should not be allowed into priesthood.
Francis made nearly identical remarks during a…
