The Pope asks the bishops not to admit homosexual seminarians: “There is already too much faggot”

“There is already too much faggot in some seminars.” With these controversial statements in a private conversation with the Italian bishops, Pope Francis closed the door to priesthood for homosexuals, as reported this Monday by several Italian media.

The Pope’s phrase, pronounced at the assembly of the Italian Episcopal Conference on May 20, unleashed some “incredulous laughter” among those present, since according to Il Corriere della Sera which cites episcopal sources,“It was evident that he was not aware of how offensive what that word is in Italian”.

In Italian the word used by the Pontiff was “frociaggine” which translates into Spanish as “faggot.”

[El Vaticano califica de “violación de la dignidad” el cambio de sexo y la maternidad subrogada]

In this closed-door meeting, the Whether to admit openly homosexual candidates to seminaries and to what extent.

Despite reiterating the need to welcome everyone, the Pope was categorical in his rejection of such a possibility, reaffirming the Church’s position on this matter.

In any case, Pope Francis would have asked the prelates to “accompany” the rejected candidates with “respect and delicacy”, after confirming that in his opinion It is better that homosexuals do not enter the seminarybut if they come to their senses it is better that they not become priests.

His words coincide with what is established by the Instruction prepared by the Vatican in 2005 and confirmed by himself in 2016. “The Church cannot admit to the seminary and sacred orders those who practice homosexuality, present deeply rooted homosexual tendencies or maintain the so-called “gay culture”points out the text.

Last November, at the assembly of Assisi, the Italian bishops approved a text to regulate admission to seminaries, the Ratioformationis sacerdotalis, which has not yet been published because the green light from the Holy See is awaited. It includes an amendment that maintained the distinction between simple homosexual orientation and so-called “deep-seated tendencies”that is, a homosexual can be admitted as long as he gives guarantees, like a heterosexual, that he knows how to maintain the discipline of celibacy.

However, the Pope would have, according to the reconstructions of bishops present at the meeting cited by the Italian media, rejected such a possibility by stating that homosexuals should not be admitted to seminaries without nuances.