Pope asks forgiveness for Church role in Rwanda genocide

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http://cdmagurus.com/cron.php?rand=1490117248 (https://www.yahoo.com/news/pope-asks-forgiveness-church-role-rwanda-genocide-131425083.html)By Crispian Balmer VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis asked for forgiveness on Monday for the "sins and failings of the Church" during Rwanda's 1994 genocide, saying he hoped his apology would help heal the African state's wounds. At a meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Pope Francis said that priests and Roman Catholic faithful had taken part in the slaughter of some 800,000 people from the ethnic Tutsi minority as well as moderates from the Hutu majority.



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