[Mr. Jeeves]

Rich countries bent on power and profit have mercilessly "plundered and sacked" Africa and other poor regions and exported to them the "cynicism of a world without God," Pope Benedict writes in his first book.

Um...that was the European Catholics, in South America. ;)

[Pyro7480]

exported to them the "cynicism of a world without God,"

European Catholics did the above? Did you read the last part of the article?

In what could be seen as a strong self-criticism of the Roman Catholic Church, whose missionary activities often went hand-in-glove with colonialism, the Pope writes: "We destroyed (their) moral criteria to the point that corruption and a lust for power devoid of scruples have become obvious."