Pope Francis apologizes following reports that he used anti-gay slur during meeting with bishops CNNPope Issues Apology After Reports That He Used Offensive Slang Word The New York TimesPope used vulgar Italian word to refer to LGBT people, Italian newspapers report Yahoo! VoicesVatican issues apology over Pope Francis’s ‘homophobic’ comments The GuardianVatican apologizes after Pope Francis is accused of using homophobic slur The Washington Post