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Why the pope has yet to overturn the church's colonial legacy

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imageNow becoming a saint...Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

On July 9, Pope Francis stood in front of a crowd that included indigenous peoples and social activists in Bolivia and asked:

forgiveness not only for the offenses of the church herself, but also for crimes committed against the native peoples during the so-called conquest of America.

On September 23 in...

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