News; Pontiff- Christians should apologise to ''gay people''

The pontiff while talking to reporters on a flight from Armenia to Rome has declared that Christians should apologise to the gay community for treating them poorly.This he said on 26^th June 2016. He also said that abused women, children and the poor should be apologized to, considering how they've been treated. This he said in agreement with German Roman Catholic cardinal, Reinhard Marx.

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‘’Gay people should not be discriminated against. They should be respected, accompanied, pastorally, the pontiff said

"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," he added.

 Father Federico Lombardi, spokesman of Vatican, further supported the Pope’s comment by saying "We must ask for forgiveness, not just apologise; forgiveness. Lord, it is a word we forget so often."

The Pope denied claims that his predecessor, Pope Benedict, still influences matters at the Vatican. "There is only one pope," he said, while praising Pope Benedict for "protecting me, having my back, with his prayers".