Pope Francis Apologizes for Catholic Church’s Role in 1994 Rwanda Genocide
John J. Xenakis
He expressed his solidarity with the victims and with those who continue to suffer the consequences of those tragic events and … he implored anew God’s forgiveness for the sins and failings of the Church and its members, among whom priests, and religious men and women who succumbed to hatred and violence, betraying their own evangelical mission.
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