Saying your sorry is just another smoke screen many times it is only words without repentance.  True repentance comes when one reveals a change of heart and obedience to the commandments of G-d.  A front is a facade for evil to hide behind.  For example, the dry-cleaners may have a back room that cuts heroin and deals drugs out of the back door. Apologies by Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II made many apologies. During his long reign as Pope, he apologized to Jews, Galileo, women, people convicted by the Inquisition, Muslims killed by the Crusaders and almost everyone who had allegedly suffered at the hands of the Catholic Church over the years. Even before he became the Pope, he was a prominent editor and supporter of initiatives like the Letter of Reconciliation of the Polish Bishops to the German Bishops from 1965. As Pope, he officially made… Read moreThe Italian mob used fronts so does the devil.