Pope says rich nations "plundered" Third World

Reuters ^ | Apr 4, 2007 | Philip Pullella

[P-Marlowe]

The German Pope, who has condemned the effects of colonialism before, said rich countries had also hurt poor countries spiritually by belittling or trying to wipe out their own cultural and spiritual traditions.

What does he call the forced Christianization by the Conquistadores and the Catholic Church of South America?

Has he apologized for that? Should he return all the gold and jewels that were stolen from the Incas and Mayans and Aztecs that were later used to build and decorate St. Peter's Basillica and the Vatican?

Oh the Humanity Hypocrisy!

[redgolum]

Didn’t know that. Got any links/

[Deb]

And if the colonialists had continued "exploiting" third world countries...they would have been dragged into the modern world where food, water and long lives awaited.

[escapefromboston]

Well its better than ripping the heart out of a still living human being I guess.

[Repeal The 17th]

Senors Pizzaro and Cortez,
please pick up the white courtesy phone in the lobby.

[old republic]

It sounds more like a typical leftist “anti globalization” rant to me.

What do you mean? Being anti-globalism is a conservative stance. Globalism is generally speaking a leftist ideology.

[Patriotic1]

Are you Christian? Original sin is something that Christians believe in, except for perhaps a handfuls of small sects.

[Patriotic1]

I’m a Jew.

Don't Jews believe in Original Sin?

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

” What do you mean? Being anti-globalism is a conservative stance. Globalism is generally speaking a leftist ideology.”

“anti globalism” is leftist for anti-corporate and anti0-capitalist.

[old republic]

But Globalism is generally anti-national and leads to the erosion of individual nations sovereignty. I don’t think that a tendency towards a global government is a conservative trend.

glob·al·ism
Pronunciation: ‘glO-b&-”li-z&m
Function: noun
1): a national policy of treating the whole world as a proper sphere for political influence

2)the idea that events in one country cannot be separated from those in another and that a government should therefore consider the effects of its actions in other countries as well as its own

[Anti-Bubba182]

The Holy Father needs to sell more of these and donate to the poor.