Pope Apologizes For Catholic Church’s ‘Offenses’ Against Indigenous Peoples “I humbly ask forgiveness...for crimes committed against the native peoples during the socalled conquest of America.” 07/09/2015 07:54 pm ET | Updated Jul 10, 2015 SANTA CRUZ,...
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Pope Apologizes For Catholic Church’s ‘Offenses’ Against Indigenous Peoples “I humbly ask forgiveness...for crimes committed against the native peoples during the socalled conquest of America.” 07/09/2015 07:54 pm ET | Updated Jul 10, 2015 SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (AP) — Pope Francis apologized Thursday for the sins and “offenses” committed by the Catholic Church against indigenous peoples during the colonialera conquest of the Americas. History’s first Latin American pope “humbly” begged forgiveness during an encounter in Bolivia with indigenous groups and other activists and in the presence of Bolivia’s first ever indigenous president, Evo Morales. Francis noted that Latin American church leaders in the past had acknowledged “grave sins were committed against the native peoples of America in the name of God.” St. John Paul II, for his part, apologized to the continent’s indigenous for the “pain and suffering” caused during the 500 years of the church’s presence on the contine
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