Pope Benedict: Native Americans "longing for Christianity"

Pope Benedict: Native Americans "longing for Christianity" by
Chris in Paris · 5/15/2007 10:57:00

What century is the Pope living in?

In a speech to Latin American and Caribbean bishops at the end of a visit to Brazil, the Pope said the Church had not imposed itself on the indigenous peoples of the Americas.They had welcomed the arrival of European priests at the time of the conquest as they were "silently longing" for Christianity, he said.Millions of tribal Indians are believed to have died as a result of European colonization backed by the Church since Columbus landed in the Americas in 1492, through slaughter, disease or enslavement.Yeah, silently longing. Then we killed them.