Pope Francis, 87, Appears at Ceremony with Bruise ... First time round I think it was the Vatican press office issuing the apology rather than him.” ...

Pope Francis has called out nuns with 'vinegar ... First time round I think it was the Vatican press office issuing the apology rather than him.' Roberta Vinerba, a Franciscan nun and theologian ...

Pope Francis on Saturday conveyed his sadness over ... leaving ample fuel on the ground primed to burn. Emergency managers apologized Friday after false evacuation alerts were erroneously sent ...

President Donald Trump wants an apology from Bishop Mariann Budde after she asked him for mercy during the national prayer ...

The president may not have approved of Mariann Edgar Budde’s homily at the National Cathedral. But the bishop answered to a ...

Pope Francis urged a group of nuns with “vinegar ... “First time ’round I think it was the Vatican press office issuing the apology rather than him.” ...

Francis later apologized for the poor word choice. “The Pope never intended to offend or express himself in homophobic terms,” the Vatican said in a statement. While the slur was a rare ...

Mariann Edgar Budde serves in the Episcopal Church, which affirms the LGBTQ community. The Catholic Church does not allow women to serve as bishops.

The Vatican issued an apology, stating that the pope "never meant to offend or express himself with homophobic terms," but Francis has been ambivalent in the past about gay priests and seminarians.

“She and her church owe the public an apology!” A cathedral spokesperson ... Austen Ivereigh, a biographer of Pope Francis, wrote on X that the bishop “named the truth” when she spoke ...