VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis 'never intended to offend or express himself in homophobic terms, and he extends his apologies to those who were offended by the use of a term, reported by others,' that is considered vulgar in Italian, the Vatican press office said.
Six days after Pope Francis had a closed-door meeting with members of the Italian bishops' conference, a notorious Italian gossip website reported that the pope used a derogatory slang term in Italian to describe some seminaries a