There's that word you throw around so easily...if the Vatican wanted to deny it, they would...but,
after several days, they still haven't...leads any rational thinker to conclude it really did happen...just stop making up stuff to conform to your vision of reality.
When you get ANY report from a credible news source (other than the Babylon Bee), that contradicts the Pope's reported comments, post it...until such time...bite your tongue...HARD.