Posted on 09/29/2021 7:26:36 PM PDT by marshmallow
Spain brought Catholicism, civilisation and freedom to Americas, says Isabel Díaz Ayuso
The right wing president of the Madrid region has taken issue with the pope’s recent apology for the church’s “very painful errors” in Mexico, and said Spanish conquistadors brought Catholicism, civilisation and freedom to Latin America.
Isabel Díaz Ayuso, touted as a possible future leader of Spain’s conservative People’s Party, has a history of provocative pronouncements.
The latest came during a visit to the US on Tuesday, a day after Pope Francis – the first Latin American pontiff – sent a message to Mexican bishops to mark the bicentenary of Mexican independence.
In it, the pope apologised for the role the church had played in the country’s history, saying the anniversary “necessarily includes a process of purifying memory, that is, recognising the very painful errors committed in the past”.
He added: “For that reason, on several occasions, I and my predecessors have asked forgiveness for the social and personal sins that by commission or omission did not contribute to evangelisation.”
Francis’s words did not impress Ayuso. “I’m surprised that a Catholic who speaks Spanish should talk that way about a legacy such as ours, which actually took Spanish – and through the [religious] missions – Catholicism, and therefore civilisation and freedom, to the American continent,” she said. “It’s just surprising. There’s not much more I can say.”
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The Conquistadors rolling in to Aztec area were like allied armies liberating nazi death camps.
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Surrounding tribes thought so. They gave Cortez thousands of auxiliaries
Unfortunately, this is the uneducated world we live in.
Just the other day, I heard some liberal say, “I keep forgetting that Spain colonized the world before the white people did.”
I laughed.
Ok, what’s the problem with human sacrifice if it increases diversity? Nazis are good if you don’t say “Nazi”. /sarc
Ignoramuses
Historical illiterates
Thus always with leftists. This was Barack Obama’s modus operandi... constantly apologizing to the world for American “imperialism,” “colonialism,” “racism” etc. It’s no way to lead a country. Or a Church.
The pope pretending to be woke is a joke. 🤪
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Yep, exactly right.
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