“We wear the trousers, we must say the things,” the Argentine pontiff added, according to the website Silere non possum.
On Tuesday, the Vatican said that Pope Francis apologised and did not want to offend anyone after using a derogatory term for homosexuality, ‘frociaggine’, during a meeting with over 200 Italian bishops.
The word stems from the term ‘frocio’, which translates into English as ‘faggot’.
The Argentine pontiff used it in reference to gays at seminaries, saying there was an excess of “frociaggine” in them.
ANSA
