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meegbear

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Mon Mar 3, 2014, 12:06 PM Mar 2014

WTF: Pope Francis drops Italian swear word into Sunday blessing

Pope Francis mistakenly used an Italian swear word Sunday during his weekly blessing from the Vatican.

The 77-year-old Argentinian delivered the blessing from his apartment window in Italian but stumbled over the word "caso," which means "example," and pronounced it as "cazzo," which is a coarse synonym for “penis.”

The word is used in the phrase "que cazzo," which is roughly equivalent to the English phrase that’s abbreviated as "WTF."

The pope had been urging for a peaceful solution to the Ukraine crisis when he made the slip-up.

"In this (d*ck), in this case the providence of God is made visible as gesture of solidarity," Pope Francis said, literally.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/03/wtf-pope-francis-drops-italian-swear-word-into-sunday-blessing/

Click the link above to see the papal faux pas.

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WTF: Pope Francis drops Italian swear word into Sunday blessing (Original Post) meegbear Mar 2014 OP
That's a bit like "que coņo!" in Spanish. I like this pope. nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #1
And afterward he went "Shit!" jsr Mar 2014 #2
Dick or no dick ... GeorgeGist Mar 2014 #3
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