THE POPE APOLOGIZES TO PROTESTANTS Chris discusses a series of apologies given by Pope Francis to the Protestant communities. In particular, Francis offered an apology to the Waldensian Church -- that was persecuted for centuries by Rome, with a haunting massacre in 1655 that was immortalized in a poem by John Milton. The current dialogue of the Pope stands in stark contrast to a previous apology given by Pope John Paul II in the year 2000, which was questioned by some. What is the difference today? And does such an acknowledgment of wrong-doing, (however sincerely intended) amount to the possibility of ecumenical unity? Or are the conflicting doctrines concerning the Gospel an impassible barrier between Evangelicals and Rome?