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In reply to the discussion: China and the Catholic Church -- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow [View all]MineralMan
(148,946 posts)7. I wonder if they are similar to the labor camps the Spanish
set up in California, led by Franciscan friars, where forced labor by indigenous people like the Chumash people was used to build the Roman Catholic Missions there? What do you think? Do you suppose the Priests of those missions were concerned with the welfare of the indigenous people? I guess not, since they were exterminated by violence and disease. None remain today, thanks to Fr. Junipero Serra and his merry band.
And Pope Francis made Fr. Serra a saint. Imagine that! The RCC's legacy is one of genocide and enslavement. Francis is part of a centuries old line of Popes. The line is continuous. In making Serra a saint, he continued the horror.
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And somehow Chinese atheists persecuting people is a "counterpoint" to RCC priests raping children
Major Nikon
Apr 2019
#21
It is so very easy to ignore repression and intolerance from a place of privilege.
guillaumeb
Apr 2019
#36
...said the religious believer, without a hint of awareness about the irony. n/t
trotsky
Apr 2019
#40