• Cethin@lemmy.zip
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    17 hours ago

    Also, don’t anyone else feel statements like these are hugely hypocritical?

    No. It’s hypocritical if Popes actually speak on behalf of God, but not in general. Yes, previous Popes have said the opposite, but not this one. He isn’t being a hypocrite. He maybe should call out the bad history that his faith has though. This honesty could really go a long way to change people’s opinion on Catholicism too I think. Most people I know recognize how fucked up it’s been (and still is).

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      7 hours ago

      Yes, previous Popes have said the opposite, but not this one

      He will still promote many of their previous campaigns and the individuals perpetrating them as necessary or good.

      Most people I know recognize how fucked up it’s been (and still is).

      I disagree. I have been reading up on the Spanish mission system and have multiple times been shocked by how even secular progressives will whitewash the missions to the end of the earth.