Saturday, July 11, 2015

"Grave Sins Were Committed Against The Native Peoples..."

"Grave Sins Were Committed Against The Native Peoples..."

July 11, 2015 Grave Sins Were Committed Against The Native Peoples , Pope Francis 1 Comments

Pope Francis Apologises For Catholic Crimes Against Indigenous Peoples During The Colonisation Of The Americas

By Zachary Davies Boren, July, 10, 2015, Independent

On his first papal visit to his native Latin America, Pope Francis issued an historic apology to the native peoples of the Americas for sins committed by the Catholic Church during the conquest of the continents.

At a social justice summit in Bolivia, at which many indigenous groups and the country's first-ever indigenous president Evo Morales were in attendance, the first-ever Latin American pope "humbly" asked for forgiveness.

In his speech, Francis said that many Latin American Catholic leaders have previously addressed the "grave sins committed against the native peoples of America in the name of God".

He also recalled that, during a visit to the Dominican Republic in 1992, Pope John Paul II had apologised for the "pain and suffering" over the hundreds of years since the Church arrived at American shores.

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  1. AnonymousJuly 11, 2015 at 7:10 PM

    Pretty confusing when you consider the canonization of Father Serra..

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