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Eurozapping: Vatican apologizes after Pope uses insulting term against homosexuals
Eurozapping: Vatican apologizes after Pope uses insulting term against homosexuals
(franceinfo)
Like every evening, the 11 p.m. news news takes a look at the news broadcast by European television channels. It’s Eurozapping on Tuesday May 28.
The Vatican had to apologize after Pope Francis used, according to Italian media, an insulting term towards homosexual people, in Italian. On May 20, during a closed-door meeting, he apparently invited bishops not to welcome openly gay people into seminaries. The Vatican office cited a blunder, Italian not being its native language. He might have wanted to mention pedophile priests.
In southern Germany, in Bavaria, violent thunderstorms and heavy rain fellusin the night from Tuesday 28 may. 40 millimeters of rain fell in one hour. Around 30,000 homes were left without electricity in Augsburg. Many people had to be evacuated.
Called EES, the new entry and exit control system at the borders of the United Kingdom and the European Union is supposed to be more secure. Instead of a stamp on passports, fingerprints and a photo will be taken. But the procedure is debated, in particular because it will lengthen passage times. The system is due to come into operation in October.
