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There is no Catholic alive who had anything to do with 14th-century heresy trials or executions. Who do you suggest should apologize? And for the crimes of Henry VIII, Oliver Cromwell, and the secret societies who plotted the French Revolution...who will apologize for those? And how far back should we go? Should the mayor of Rome apologize to all Christians for their being fed to the lions? Should China be asked for an apology to Europeans for the Mongol invasions? Do you want to give Manhattan back to the Indians and Florida back to the Seminoles? Shall the Welsh and the Cornish demand that all Saxons leave Britain?

I guess we are talking about two different things. I see the Catholic Church as a institution like no other.

The apology should come (if indeed one is forthcoming) from the church as a whole not individuals who have nothing to do with with happened hundreds of years ago.

It is far different then asking for the US gov.org to apoligize for slavery. Comparing the names and nations you mention to the church is far different because all of those have come and go but the Catholic Church has stood "upon the rock" for two thousand years. Like I said it is a institution like no other. If you cannot see that then I will not discuss the issue further. You may have the last word.