Pope Francis is accused again of insulting homophobia
During a meeting with priests in Rome on Tuesday, Pope Francis repeated an anti-gay slur, the same offensive term he was accused of using two weeks ago. The Vatican, in summarizing the meeting, said only that the pontiff had warned against allowing gay men into Roman Catholic seminaries.The Vatican did not respond to reports from two of Italy's most important news agencies, ANSA and Adnkronos, that he had again used the word "faggot", an offensive Italian slang term referring to gay men. The reports cited anonymous sources who they said were present at the meeting.The New York Times could not independently verify the pope's use of the term. A Vatican spokeswoman declined to comment late Tuesday.The context in which Francis is said to have used the insult remained unclear. The I...