The Vatican reminded López Obrador of the occasion when John Paul II apologized for the conquest.

"The Conquest was made with the sword and the cross"badured the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador in an exhibition on why he asked the King of Spain and the Catholic Church for an apology for the humiliation he suffered against indigenous peoples 500 years ago.

After the Spanish authorities' "firm" refusal to respond to the request of the Mexican president, the Vatican responded and recalled that three popes had apologized for the historic event that had cost the lives of millions of indigenous people. on the territory that today occupies Mexico.

By a signed declaration of Bishop Arizmendi Esquivel, Bishop Emeritus of the SCLC, the Conference of the Mexican Bishops said that the Church had asked for forgiveness on several occasions and recalled that it was in 1992, 500 years after the discovery of America, that She had done it more explicitly.

John Paul II asked "Sorry" for Church abuses against indigenous peoples, during their visit to the Dominican Republic.

"(The abuses) because of the lack of love of those people who did not know to see in the brothers and the indigenous children of the same Father God"says the saint.

"In the name of Jesus Christ, as pastor of the Church … forgive those who have offended you, forgive all those who, during these five hundred years, have caused suffering to your ancestors and to yourself "added the pope.

The same Pope Francisco, during his visit to San Cristobal de las Chiapas in 2016, addressed the indignant people during the conquest and the colony.

"Also for our present sins, which are those who depend on us, instead of continuing to crush and discriminate the peoples of origin, give them the place that God gave them"he said.

The current head of the Catholic Church also spoke of vexations against indigenous peoples in 2015 in Bolivia.

"I tell you with regret: many serious sins have been committed in the name of God to the origins of America, my ancestors have recognized, the CELAM, Episcopal Council of Latin America , said it and I also want to say it. Saint John Paul II, I ask the Church – and I quote what he said – "deserted before God and begs for forgiveness for the past and present sins of his children. "And I want to be very clear, just as St. John Paul II: I humbly beg your pardon, not only for the crimes of the Church itself, but for crimes against indigenous peoples during the so-called conquest of America."

Bishop Esquivel also quoted in his letter that Benedict XVI He asked for forgiveness in 2007, during his trip to Brazil.

The Spanish government has vigorously refused to apologize for the Conquest, as well as for the Iberian political clbad, which has almost unanimously unified in a powerful "no".

Lopez Obrador said Thursday that he felt "happy", although there was an overreaction, as an international debate was opened.