Critics: Pope errs on conquest, conversion
Critics: Pope errs on conquest, conversion
Copyright © 2007, Chicago Tribune
Published May 16, 2007
SAO PAULO, BRAZIN -- Indian-rights groups are criticizing Pope Benedict XVI for saying Latin American Indians wanted to become Christian before European conquerors arrived.
The pope said Sunday that pre-Columbian people of the region were seeking Christ without realizing it. "Christ is the savior for whom they were silently longing," Benedict told bishops at a conference.
Paulo Suess, an adviser to Brazil's Indian Missionary Council, said the comments ignored that Indians were enslaved and killed by Portuguese and Spanish settlers who made them become Catholic.
Benedict "missed some history classes," said Suess.
The pope had said teaching the Gospel was not "the imposition of a foreign culture."
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Items compiled from Tribune news services.
Copyright © 2007, Chicago Tribune
Published May 16, 2007
SAO PAULO, BRAZIN -- Indian-rights groups are criticizing Pope Benedict XVI for saying Latin American Indians wanted to become Christian before European conquerors arrived.
The pope said Sunday that pre-Columbian people of the region were seeking Christ without realizing it. "Christ is the savior for whom they were silently longing," Benedict told bishops at a conference.
Paulo Suess, an adviser to Brazil's Indian Missionary Council, said the comments ignored that Indians were enslaved and killed by Portuguese and Spanish settlers who made them become Catholic.
Benedict "missed some history classes," said Suess.
The pope had said teaching the Gospel was not "the imposition of a foreign culture."
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Items compiled from Tribune news services.
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