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Pope Francis has said that the Roman Catholic Church should apologise to gay people for the way it has treated them. Is this Christ-like behaviour or just a PR stunt by the great and abominable? You be the judge.<\/p>\n

“I think that the Church not only should apologise… to a gay person whom it offended but it must also apologise to the poor as well, to the women who have been exploited, to children who have been exploited by [being forced to] work. It must apologise for having blessed so many weapons.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

BBC News has the full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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