{"id":1578,"date":"2016-06-28T06:39:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T11:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/?p=1578"},"modified":"2016-06-28T06:39:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T11:39:16","slug":"pope-says-church-should-apologize-to-gays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2016\/06\/28\/pope-says-church-should-apologize-to-gays\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope says church should apologize to gays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>See this article from NPR regarding the Pope&#8217;s comments on Gay people. \u00a0Note the apology is not just the Roman Catholic Church but all Christians, as we are &#8220;The Church&#8221; of believers.<br \/>\nAlso note his comment about Martin Luther.<\/p>\n<p><code>\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/06\/26\/483630582\/pope-francis-church-should-apologize-to-gays-and-other-marginalized-groups?utm_source=facebook.com&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=npr&#038;utm_term=nprnews&#038;utm_content=20160626\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n shortcode<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See this article from NPR regarding the Pope&#8217;s comments on Gay people. \u00a0Note the apology is not just the Roman Catholic Church but all Christians, as we are &#8220;The Church&#8221; of believers. 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