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Pope Apologizes For Catholic Church's 'Offenses' Against Indigenous Peoples
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pope-francis-apologizes-for-catholic-churchs-offenses-against-indigenous-peoples_559f02aae4b096729155dd59"I humbly ask forgiveness...for crimes committed against the native peoples during the so-called conquest of America."
Associated PressBy Nicole Winfield, Jacobo Garcia
Posted: 07/09/2015 | Edited: 07/09/2015 08:02 PM EDT
Pope Francis is framed by a feather headdress worn by one of the indigenous people and children wearing traditional costumes greeting him upon his arrival at the El Alto airport, Bolivia, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. | (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (AP) — Pope Francis apologized Thursday for the sins and "offenses" committed by the Catholic Church against indigenous peoples during the colonial-era 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 continent during a 1992 visit to the Dominican Republic.
But Francis went farther.
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trying to denying reproductive choice to the whole planet, covering up for unknown numbers of pedophiles, gee, yeah, none are as bad as genocide so I guess we just give that all a pass and shouldn't talk about it. 
