esquire.com – One thing to always remember about Papa Francesco: On many issues, he’s a decent guy trying to do the best he can to turn a 2000-year-old barnacle-encrusted supertanker of an institution onto a course that’s more decent and humane than the one it’s been on for most of its existence, or roughly since the Founder blew town having made the capital mistake of leaving his business for human beings to run. So, over the weekend, when he was asked whether HMC should apologize for its abominable treatment of gay people down through the millennia, Papa Francesco went about as far as he’s likely to go. Per the AP: