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In mid-November 2011, Pope Benedict XVI visited Ouidah, Benin to address the public and unveil his most recent exhortation titled Africae Munus (\u201cAfrica\u2019s Commitment\u201d). Portions of Africae Munus, and some of the Pope\u2019s accompanying remarks, were deeply disturbing and reminiscent of the Catholic Church\u2019s early rationalization for Christianizing Africa, conquering the Americas as well as parts of South Asia and the Pacific. Among other comments, Pope Benedict voiced opposition to the \u201csyncretism\u201d of Catholicism with indigenous religious beliefs, used descriptive terms such as \u201coccultism\u201d and \u201cevil\u201d in reference to African religions and called for a \u201cprofound evangelization\u201d of Africans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Say No to Catholic Church\u2019s Assault on Indigenous Religions | Orisa CDC<\/a><\/p>\n

At the link above, there is also a\u00a0petition in support of an open letter to the Pope which you can sign. This open letter (the whole text in PDF here<\/a>), together with the supporting signatures, will be sent to the Pope.<\/p>\n

In media, we always hear about the Evangelical Christians and their zealotry with the “conversion” of non believers. However, the track record of the Catholic Church in the Global South is not any better. As the Pope\u00a0demonstrated\u00a0in his visit to Benin, the narrative of forced colonial evangelization continues unabated. In turn, this leads to the oppression and eventual\u00a0extinction\u00a0of spiritual practices that have been in use for thousands of years across several continents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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