The Vatican has issued a recall of its thousands of commemorative papal medals after seeing the name of "Jesus" misspelled on the medals as "Lesus." Based on the report of the Vatican Information Service, the Italian State Mint has produced more than 6,000 papal medals in commemoration of the Pope Francis' papacy.

The papal medals showed an image of Pope Francis on one side while the other side of the coin contains a phrase in Latin that the Pope said was an inspirational message for him to enter priesthood. The Latin phrase appeared on the coin as "Vidit ergo Lesus publicanum et quia miserando antque eligendo vidit, ait illi sequere me."

Instead of "Jesus", the word "Lesus" was mistakenly printed on the papal coins. When the Latin phrase is translated, it means "Jesus therefore saw the publican, and because he saw by having mercy and by choosing, He said to him, 'Follow me'".

The Telegraph reported that the commemorative papal medals of Pope Francis were recalled after they were placed on sale inside the Vatican Publishing House in St. Peter's Square.

On Twitter, the Catholic News Service has reported that four of the papal medals were already sold. They can be treated as valuable collector's items.

Meanwhile, the controversial comments of Pope Francis has prompted the Vatican to perform "damage control" as the Pope continues to be in headlines for one-liners, unconventional homilies and long interviews about non-judgment on gays and the church's obsession.

The world was shocked to hear Pope Francis welcoming gays and not judging them for their sexuality. Pope Francis has responded to a personal letter sent by a group of lesbian and gay Italian Catholics in June.

In the letter, the group had asked Pope Francis for openness and dialogue. While the group has also written to past popes, it was only Pope Francis who formally replied in behalf of the Catholic Church.

The gay and lesbian group declined to reveal the contents of the pope's letter but only said that Pope Francis was giving them his blessing.