Pope Francis “by no means supposed to offend or specific himself in homophobic phrases,” the Vatican press workplace stated on Tuesday, following it grew to become recognized – on Monday – that in a gathering with bishops he said that “there was already quite a lot of ‘faggot’ within the seminars.

“Pope Francis is conscious of the just lately revealed articles a few dialog, behind closed doorways, with the bishops of the Italian Episcopal Convention (CEI), and as he said on a number of events: ‘Within the Church there may be room for everybody, for everybody! No person is ineffective, no one is superfluous, there may be room for everybody. Simply as we’re, all of us’”, he reads within the Vatican observe.

And he provides: “The pope by no means supposed to offend or specific himself in homophobic phrases, and apologizes to those that felt offended by means of a time period, referred to by different individuals.”

The aforementioned articles within the Italian press declare that the pope said that “there was already quite a lot of faggot (or faggot)”, to defend the place of not admitting homosexuals within the seminaries, throughout a closed-door assembly on the CEI meeting.

The pope reportedly used the phrase ‘frocciagine’ – derogatory in Italian – through the assembly with prelates on Might 20. The knowledge was revealed a few days in the past on the Dagospia web site, which reviews unique information, however yesterday the newspapers Corriere della Sera and Repubblica confirmed the time period with some bishops current.