Posted on 08/01/2022 5:23:58 PM PDT by ebb tide
The “main culprit” for crimes against Canadian Indians was not the Church but the government of the British Empire, that is, Queen Victoria and the Canadian government, wrote Czech Cardinal Dominik Duka on Aktualne.cz (July 29).
Duka reminds of the spread of large epidemic diseases in the 19th/20th centuries and the placement of a large number of children in insufficient sanitary and health condition exposing them to a big immunological strain.
Catholic boarder schools asked for financial assistance from the government but were refused. Duka notices that Francis’ visit to Canada took place in a tense and emotional situation “without any historical knowledge.”
Consequently, Francis took the blame as if he were the successor of the Canadian regime. Duka calls this a “mistake” but he blames Francis’ famous "advisors" as if stubborn Francis would take advice from anybody.
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