Vatican: the pope has already asked pardon for the conquest of America and there is nothing more to bring

The Vatican I have not commented today on the letter that the President of Mexico, the leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said to have sent to the pope asking an excuse for the alleged crimes committed by the Catholic Church during the conquest of America and recalled the pontiff and apologized on this matter.

Acting spokesman for the Holy See, Alessandro Gisotti, told the news agency Efe that "for the moment" has nothing to contribute but stresses that "as we know, the Holy Father has already clearly expressed it about this question. "

The Mexican president said Monday that he had asked by letter to King of Spain, Felipe VI, and Pope Francis apologized for the abuses committed by the Spanish and Catholic Church during the conquest of current Mexico, which sparked controversy, first by the Spanish government, who refused to apologize.

Historians, intellectuals and members of the political clbad in Spain and Mexico have also come forward, some to indicate that the Spanish conquest had exterminated the Indians and others to defend the intervention of the Indians and others. 500 years ago.

The Vatican recalled that in July 2015, during his trip to Bolivia, Francisco, first pope of Latin America History, asked "humbly sorry" not only for "the crimes of the Church itself, but also for the crimes against peoples of origin during the so-called conquest of America".

"Here I want to dwell on an important issue, because someone can say, with rights, that when the pope speaks of colonialism, he forgets certain actions of the Church," he said. the Argentine pope in an act with popular movements in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

He also recalled that his predecessors and the Episcopal Conference of Latin America had recognized him and quoted the words of John Paul II, who "demanded that the Church withdraw from God and beg forgiveness for the past sins and gifts from their children ".

On October 12, 1992 in Santo Domingo, St. John Paul II apologized to the American people for the "injustices" committed against their ancestors.

"The Church, which for 500 years has accompanied you on your journey, will do everything in its power to ensure that the descendants of the ancient inhabitants of America occupy in their society and in the ecclesial communities the their place, "he said. Polish Pontiff.

Benedict XVI was severely criticized after his trip to Brazil in 2007, not to mention the period of colonization.

For this reason, he took advantage of an audience to point out that it "should not ignore the shadows that accompanied the evangelization of the Latin American continent", as well as "suffering and injustice inflicted by colonizers on indigenous peoples ".