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(CBS/AP) NASHVILLE, Tennessee – Comedian Tracy Morgan returned to Nashville on Tuesday to deliver a personal apology to gay advocacy groups and audience members who were offended by an anti-gay rant during his show there earlier this month. Morgan met with the gay rights advocates and some attendees of the June 3 show before addressing reporters at the Nashville Convention Center. He did not take questions. Pictures: Tracy MorganStars denounce Morgan’s anti-gay rant “I don’t have a hateful bone in my body,” he said. “I don’t believe that anyone should be bullied or just made to feel bad about who they are.” Morgan said he apologized “from the bottom of my heart,” according to the New York Times, 바카라사이트 adding: “To err is human, but to forgive is divine. Thank you for forgiving me.” It’s the second public apology from the “30 Rock” actor. His first apology came in a statement shortly after an account of the controversial routine caught fire online. In that apology,  he said his comments were “not funny in any context”. On Friday, Morgan met with homeless lesbian and gay youth  in New York. Morgan agreed to the Nashville meeting at the request of Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation President Jarrett Barrios. The former “Saturday Night Live” cast member is known for an outrageous, unpredictable comedy style where few subjects are taboo. He’s tackled...

(AP) VATICAN CITY – The Vatican insisted after a high level meeting Tuesday that American nuns must faithfully promote age-old church teachings, after the women were accused by Rome of flouting core doctrine and taking an overly liberal “feminist” bent. Sister Pat Farrell and Sister Janet Mock, respectively president and executive director of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) met with the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 남원출장업소 Cardinal William Levada and the American bishop tasked by the Vatican to overhaul the group which represents about 80 percent of American sisters. Farrell and Mock came to Rome to present their concerns about the Vatican’s April decision to reform the LCWR from the ground up. Levada’s office had determined that the LCWR had strayed too far from church doctrine and was imposing certain “radical feminist themes” that were incompatible with Catholicism. Vatican seeks “understanding” with U.S. nunsVatican criticizes U.S. nun’s book on sexualityNuns reject Vatican charges of radical feminism The LCWR had termed the Vatican assessment flawed and unsubstantiated, and said Tuesday that Farrell and Mock had brought those concerns directly to Levada and Archbishop Peter Sartain, who, along with two other bishops, will overhaul the group, rewrite its statutes and review its plans and programs. “It was an open meeting and we were able to directly express our concerns to Cardinal Levada and...