Re: [Goanet] Pope Francis issues lame apology for abuse & murder of thousands of Canadian natives
This Eddy has had too many, miss steps. Including his affinity to Roslyn, Saligao President in London. He has now found his new avenue to vent! As the Canadians say, bigger off. On Mon, 24 Oct 2022, 09:25 Mervyn Maciel, wrote: > I see you've indulged in your favourite pastime of 'Pope bashing' and > Catholic Church 'bashing' - > something that obviously gives you great pleasure Eddie. > Pope Francis is the first Pontiff to meet the indigenous people of Canada > and offer apologies > for the disgraceful treatment of their people by members of the Catholic > Church in the past. > In addition, I understand that some financial compensation has been made. >Perhaps you forget that the Pope has a long history of suffering from > sciatica, a very > painful knee condition. This is why he had to use a wheelchair - certainly > not to avoid > kneeling. > No one is condoning the evils of the past, but I think Pope Francis has > made every effort > to try and heal the wounds of the past and it seems pointless trying to > have a 'bash' > at the Pope or the Catholic church every time. > Surely, there must be other passtimes you can engage in?? > > > Mervyn Maciel > > > > On Sun, 23 Oct 2022 at 22:04, Eddie D'Sa wrote: > > > > > Pope Francis decided to visit Canada to apologise for the massive abuse > > and killings of thousands of indigenous Canadians (including children) > over > > decades. > > > > And all he could do was issue a verbal apology for the damage done. > > > > What sort of Catholic God would allow the natives to be abused and killed > > by the white clerics without inflicting punishment on the evil doers? > > > > And was a plain verbal apology enough? Why was substantive financial and > > material reparations not dispensed over decades for the damage done? > > > > > > > > > > It's disgraceful that the white Pope, ultimately responsible for the evil > > done to the Natives sat comfortably on a chair while he was wheeled about > > on open ground accompanied by Native leaders. Why didn't he have the good > > sense and humility to adopt a kneeling posture and move kneeling to > > indicate appreciation of the sufferings of the Natives? Such a posture > > would remind him of the pain inflicted on the Natives. > > > > The apology as offered seems quite inadequate and suggests a lack of > > understanding of the sufferings meted out to the Natives by the holy > white > > men. > > > > > > Eddie Ray > > > > > > > > >
Re: [Goanet] Pope Francis issues lame apology for abuse & murder of thousands of Canadian natives
I see you've indulged in your favourite pastime of 'Pope bashing' and Catholic Church 'bashing' - something that obviously gives you great pleasure Eddie. Pope Francis is the first Pontiff to meet the indigenous people of Canada and offer apologies for the disgraceful treatment of their people by members of the Catholic Church in the past. In addition, I understand that some financial compensation has been made. Perhaps you forget that the Pope has a long history of suffering from sciatica, a very painful knee condition. This is why he had to use a wheelchair - certainly not to avoid kneeling. No one is condoning the evils of the past, but I think Pope Francis has made every effort to try and heal the wounds of the past and it seems pointless trying to have a 'bash' at the Pope or the Catholic church every time. Surely, there must be other passtimes you can engage in?? Mervyn Maciel On Sun, 23 Oct 2022 at 22:04, Eddie D'Sa wrote: > > Pope Francis decided to visit Canada to apologise for the massive abuse > and killings of thousands of indigenous Canadians (including children) over > decades. > > And all he could do was issue a verbal apology for the damage done. > > What sort of Catholic God would allow the natives to be abused and killed > by the white clerics without inflicting punishment on the evil doers? > > And was a plain verbal apology enough? Why was substantive financial and > material reparations not dispensed over decades for the damage done? > > > > > It's disgraceful that the white Pope, ultimately responsible for the evil > done to the Natives sat comfortably on a chair while he was wheeled about > on open ground accompanied by Native leaders. Why didn't he have the good > sense and humility to adopt a kneeling posture and move kneeling to > indicate appreciation of the sufferings of the Natives? Such a posture > would remind him of the pain inflicted on the Natives. > > The apology as offered seems quite inadequate and suggests a lack of > understanding of the sufferings meted out to the Natives by the holy white > men. > > > Eddie Ray > > > >
[Goanet] Pope Francis issues lame apology for abuse & murder of thousands of Canadian natives
Pope Francis decided to visit Canada to apologise for the massive abuse and killings of thousands of indigenous Canadians (including children) over decades. And all he could do was issue a verbal apology for the damage done. What sort of Catholic God would allow the natives to be abused and killed by the white clerics without inflicting punishment on the evil doers? And was a plain verbal apology enough? Why was substantive financial and material reparations not dispensed over decades for the damage done? It's disgraceful that the white Pope, ultimately responsible for the evil done to the Natives sat comfortably on a chair while he was wheeled about on open ground accompanied by Native leaders. Why didn't he have the good sense and humility to adopt a kneeling posture and move kneeling to indicate appreciation of the sufferings of the Natives? Such a posture would remind him of the pain inflicted on the Natives. The apology as offered seems quite inadequate and suggests a lack of understanding of the sufferings meted out to the Natives by the holy white men. Eddie Ray
