LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY zarq)

Is this the Pope's version of the "They were asking for it. Did you see how they were dressed?" defense?

"Outraged Indian leaders in Brazil said on Monday they were offended by Pope Benedict's "arrogant and disrespectful" comments that the Roman Catholic Church had purified them and a revival of their religions would be a backward step. 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."

Since he's rewriting history, I can't wait to see how he spins the Crusades, or the Inquisition.