Pope Francis apologizes after being accused of using slur for gay men

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Pope Francis apologizes after being accused of using slur for gay men

ROME — Pope Francis on Tuesday issued a rare apology after he was accused of using a highly pejorative slur to refer to gay men in a closed-door session with bishops last week.

The pope’s choice of words, reported by major Italian news outlets and confirmed to The Washington Post by a senior Vatican official, appeared to run counter to his efforts to thaw the relationship between the Catholic Church and the LGBTQ+ community. Since he first declared “who am I to judge” shortly after becoming pope in 2013, Francis has gone further than any pontiff in building bridges to gay Catholics.





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