Citing the “sins" it committed against tribal communities, the Catholic Church begged for forgiveness from the indigenous peoples (IP) and pledged to do everything possible to protect them.
The Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines said the church apologizes for having disrespected other cultures in the past through acts such as the colonization of native peoples.
“As we continue to welcome IPs into the Catholic community, we ask forgiveness for suppressing their spirit as a people and the moments when we injured their personhood as they took on a new identity as Catholics," CBCP Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples chairman Bishop Sergio Utleg said in an article on the CBCP news site on Wednesday.
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