Analysis-Pope's Friends, Observers Try to Make Sense of Homophobic PR Disaster
Posted on AllSides June 6th, 2024
From The Left
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Francis is a pope of many firsts: the first to use that name, the first from Latin America, the first from the Jesuit religious order. Since last week, he's also the first pope to apologise for using foul language. "Anyone who has been online... has seen the pope reduced to a meme, a social media tool for anyone to make jokes about, some very funny, some in very poor taste," said Massimo Faggioli, a professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University. "The word of...