Reports that Pope Francis has corresponded with a young man who claimed he was rejected from seminary for being gay have gained resonance due to recent controversy over the Pope’s reported remarks about their being too much “faggotry” in seminaries.
According to Italian media, Pope Francis recently responded to Lorenzo Michele Noè Caruso, 22, who said he was rejected from seminary for being gay, reportsCrux.
Pope Francis recently caused a wave of controversy after a report was published in Italian blog Dagospia saying the pontiff had used a derogatory slang term for homosexuals during a recent session with members of the Italian Bishops Conference (CEI). During the meeting the Pope remarked, in Italian, that there’s already too much frociaggine in seminaries, which translates roughly to “faggotry”.
