Please freepers - stop getting your Pope news from secular sources. NBC hates the Catholic Church.
Do you have ANY reason to believe he DIDN’T say this?
“Gesturing towards Alberto Gasparri, a Vatican official who organises pontifical trips and who was standing next to him on board the plane, he said: If my good friend Dr Gasparri says a curse word against my mother, he can expect a punch in the nose.
Throwing a pretend punch, the Pope said: Its normal. You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others.
Also:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/15/pope-francis-limits-to-freedom-of-expression
Pope Francie is a two-legged, walking, talking disaster for the Catholic Church.
Uh, we are going from what he SAID.