Jihad Watch has taken the woke pope to task on many issues. For instance, he views opposition to irresponsible mass migration as a kind of sin; he collaborates closely with jihadi Mahmoud Abbas, and he has for good reason been dubbed by Jihad Watch as the Pope of Islam. It comes as a surprise now to hear the pope criticize the essence of what Justin Trudeau, the infamous poster boy of globalism and a favorite of Klaus Straub of the World Economic Forum, represents. According to Catholic News Agency, Pope Francis “expresses ‘deep shame’ in Canada, warns of new ‘cancel culture’.” The Pope was referring to two points: first, to shame over what he referenced as the historic “colonialist” mentality involved in native residential school abuses; then he claims that the same mentality is now stifling diversity of opinion.
The pope’s first point is based on shaky premises at best. The New York Post gained international attention with a story entitled: ‘Biggest fake news story in Canada’: Kamloops mass grave debunked by academics. See also Terry Glavin’s report in the National Post: The year of the graves: How the world’s media got it wrong on residential school graves. Glavin points out:
This is not to dispute the proposition that the residential school system’s policy amounted to cultural genocide, at least in its foundational years, or to disregard the brutal sexual, emotional and psychological abuse inflicted on the institutions’ inmates.
Trudeau seized the opportunity to incite rage, division and blanket hatred for Canada’s history, as usual ignoring any positive foundations and the evolutions in human rights that have been made in Canada. Trudeau put on a pain and grief performance that only Hollywood could match. In so doing, he stirred up global rage before the truth was uncovered.
To a starkly divisive prime minister who often proclaims that “diversity is our strength,” the Pope’s words of Canada’s historic “shame” as being now continued via its “progressive” cancel culture are nothing short of a public dressing-down of a leader who shuts down any opinion he doesn’t agree with and even punishes and oppresses any dissent. Blackface Trudeau epitomizes the kind of colonial mentality that the pope specifically referenced. Breitbart reported:
Humanity’s dark history of colonization is unfortunately not ended, Pope Francis said Wednesday, because it lives on in the ideological colonization of “cancel culture.” The history of pain and contempt accompanying a colonizing mentality “is not easily healed ….. and this colonization “does not stop, but in many places is transformed, disguised, and concealed.”
The cancel culture mentality the pope addresses is primarily propagated in Western societies today by Islamic supremacists and woke Leftists, who are actually Marxists, deceitfully parading their totalitarian tendencies as “kindness,” “humanitarianism,” “social justice” and “anti-racism.” I myself was fired as a Governor in Council Appointee to the Canadian Race Relations Foundation for criticizing the widespread oppression, human rights abuses and murder committed in the name of Islam.
The pope also often exonerates Islamic supremacists.
Trudeau’s disgraceful leadership is now so widely recognized that an anti-Trudeau kids book topped Amazon’s best seller list: How the Prime Minister Stole Freedom.
Leading the Freedom Convoy was Tamara Lich, who is of native descent and who was savaged and jailed for her support for freedom. Then there was Trudeau’s shabby treatment of Canada’s first indigenous Minister of Justice, Jody Wilson-Raybould (Jihad Watch reported about the story HERE). It was so appalling that the leftist Globe and Mail ran the commentary: “Trudeau deserved Jody Wilson-Raybould’s revenge.” Trudeau’s public act of celebrating natives and feminism is a political performance. He’ll only supports those natives who prop him up and agree with him.
The pope also stated of the cancel culture mentality, to which Trudeau ascribes, that it “imposed certain predetermined cultural models…yet today, too, there are any number of forms of ideological colonization that clash with the reality of life, stifle the natural attachment of peoples to their values, and attempt to uproot their traditions, history, and religious ties.”
Today, Judeo-Christian values and ethics are being steadily suppressed and canceled out by Trudeau and other radical “progressives.” As far back as five years ago, LifeSite News published “a quick list of Justin Trudeau’s tyrannical acts against life, family, and Christians.”
Trudeau has become much worse and according to Jordan Peterson, the worst is yet to come.
“Pope Francis expresses ‘deep shame’ in Canada, warns of new ‘cancel culture,’” by Katie Yoder, Catholic News Agency, July 27, 2022:
Pope Francis asked for forgiveness for the harm done to indigenous Canadians by Catholics in a Wednesday address before top government officials and representatives of the indigenous peoples in Canada.
“I express my deep shame and sorrow, and, together with the bishops of this country, I renew my request for forgiveness for the wrong done by so many Christians to the indigenous peoples,” the 85-year-old pontiff said, citing the Catholic Church’s role in running many of the country’s government-sponsored residential schools for indigenous children.
These residential schools, in place until the late 1990s, worked to stamp out aspects of native culture, language, and religious practice. Former students have described mistreatment and even abuse at the schools.
Pope Francis condemned the “deplorable system” that “separated many children from their families” in an address before Canada’s governor general, Mary Simon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, civil and religious authorities, representatives of the indigenous peoples, and members of the diplomatic corps in Québec.
During what he has called a “penitential pilgrimage” in Canada, Pope Francis has publicly apologized for the harm done to indigenous Canadians and has repeatedly expressed his shame and sorrow.
“The Christian faith has played an essential role in shaping the highest ideals of Canada, characterized by the desire to build a better country for all its people,” he said Wednesday. “At the same time, it is necessary, in admitting our faults, to work together to accomplish a goal that I know all of you share: to promote the legitimate rights of the native populations and to favor processes of healing and reconciliation between them and the nonindigenous people of the country.”
After meeting with representatives of the indigenous peoples in Rome and, now, in Canada, Pope Francis looked to the future.
“The time we spent together made an impression on me and left a firm desire to respond to the indignation and shame for the sufferings endured by the indigenous peoples,” he said, “and to move forward on a fraternal and patient journey with all Canadians, in accordance with truth and justice, working for healing and reconciliation, and constantly inspired by hope.”
He cautioned against forms of colonization, particularly “ideological colonization,” that he said is practiced today.
“In the past, the colonialist mentality disregarded the concrete life of people and imposed certain predetermined cultural models,” he said, “yet today, too, there are any number of forms of ideological colonization that clash with the reality of life, stifle the natural attachment of peoples to their values, and attempt to uproot their traditions, history, and religious ties.”
He tied this kind of colonization to what he called “cancel culture.”
“This mentality, presumptuously thinking that the dark pages of history have been left behind, becomes open to the ‘cancel culture’ that would judge the past purely on the basis of certain contemporary categories,” he said. “The result is a cultural fashion that levels everything out, makes everything equal, proves intolerant of differences, and concentrates on the present moment, on the needs and rights of individuals, while frequently neglecting their duties with regard to the most weak and vulnerable of our brothers and sisters.”…….
Wellington says
The old Catholic Church is gone. Vatican II (1962-1965) began the rot and the present horrible excuse for a pope has put the final dagger in what is now an ecclesiastical corpse. I predict the Catholicism of old is never coming back. I don’t see how it can. And remember, after this bastard is gone, there will come many more like him, having been appointed by him and even many not appointed by him but who still think like him. There will never be enough to take the Catholic Church back to a pre-Vatican II state. What a waste.
CogitoErgoSum says
I agree but I’m not so sure it’s a waste. I think it might be better if the Church were to become more like it was in the beginning before the time of Constantine. Seems likely more changes are still to come and dark days too for all who call themselves Christians. I think it won’t be much longer before admitting to be a Christian will get you a tongue lashing and even bodily harm. I’m certain of that.
Wellington says
But, CES, even before, at the time, or shortly after the era of Constantine, there was great division among Christians. For example, on the Christological make-up of Jesus Himself—Nestorian, Monophysite, Arian, etc. and which, as I’m sure you know, continued long after Constantine, examples being the Councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon in the fifth century AD, 431 and 451 respectively, in order to “resolve” these matters.
Even more “dynamic” is the fact that many pre-Constantine and pre-Nicaea Christians (e.g., the Gnostic Christians) believed the Resurrection was a spiritual one and not a literally physical one. After the Council of Nicaea (325 AD), only the literal resurrection was allowed and other Christians who thought that “only” a spiritual resurrection occurred (or dreams of Jesus after His death and which was another way of looking at the Resurrection since dreams in many societies in antiquity were looked upon as even more real than waking life) were hounded into oblivion if not to death. With the Roman state behind the “official” interpretation of such doctrines of the Resurrection and the Trinity from Constantine onward (and especially after Emperor Theodosius 379-395), there was no chance for alternative opinions for a very long time. But was this fair or proper? I think not.
My overall point here being that even pre-Constantine the Early Church was significantly divided. There has never been unity within Christianity, even as early as the 1st century AD there was a split between Jewish Christians and Gentile Christians as many have documented, for instance in Michael Grant’s interesting tome, “Jesus: An Historian’s Review of the Gospels” (and which I highly recommend to believer and non-believer alike). The Albigensians and Waldensians during the height of the Middle Ages reveal this division too, never mind Wycliffe and Hus anticipating Luther and Calvin by a century or more. For the record.
As always, I write with respect for you and other devout Christians, but devout Christians still have much to answer for and I say this as an agnostic that has wished for decades that every Muslim would wake up tomorrow a devout Christian.
CogitoErgoSum says
Yes, the many differences in belief concerning the divinity of Christ is the reason Constantine wanted the leaders in the Chruch to come together and resolve the differences. I do see a need for the institutuion of the Church but I know it has a bad side as well as a good side. I sometimes wonder why Jesus was not more specific about how he wanted things to be done though. I know I’m not smart enought to figure it all out but if a theif can sneak into Heaven at the last minute just by asking, maybe I’ll be okay. I just try to follow the rule of tryihg to treat others the way I would want to be treated myself. If people don’t get anything else from the Church, they should at least get that. Too many people don’t though.
somehistory says
CES,
I am reminded of the time when Jesus was walking with His Apostles, and they saw a man who was expelling demons in Jesus’ Name and John and another wanted to stop him, but Jesus told them to leave him alone.
Christians are supposed to “speak in agreement,” but Paul and Peter had a serious disagreement as did Paul with Barnabas, so the latter took John Mark and Paul took Silas. and even when Jesus was still with them, the Apostles had disagreements among themselves. It was exasperating to Jesus at times, and He said so.
The important thing I try to remember, is that God knows what is in our hearts and He will show mercy to those who want to do right.
CogitoErgoSum says
The Pope needs to read the story of Isaac Jogues and how he was treated by some of the native Americans. Jogues was trying to do as Jesus said in bringing the gospel to all nations. Now, I’m not saying that the people from Europe were saints but the Mohawks cut off Jogues’ thumbs and gnawed his fingers to the bone. Should the native people in Canada apologize for that? It’s time to move on from all this blaming and aplolgizing and worry about what’s happening today.
CogitoErgoSum says
BTW, when I followed the link to the New York Post I noticed there is also a story there of how the people in Mexico City are “fed up” with all the Americans, many from California, who are moving to Mexico City, speaking only English and gentrifying the neighborhoods. That gave me a laugh.
somehistory says
A taste of their own? I too, would object to the people from CA.
somehistory says
There are always three sides to every story: each side tells their interpretation of events, and then there is the Truth somewhere between.
Many people want to portray Native Americans…on every land now named for their respective governments…as the most humble and peaceful of people. They were all imperfect humans, some doing really horrible things to each other, and doing some really horrible to people who came from other places. and, of course, there were horrible things done to them by the outsiders coming in.
One of my grandmothers was part Native American, and some of the things she did to my mom were very unkind. It’s possible some of those things came from her other roots, and some may have been directly learned from her own Native American mom.
the past cannot be undone, but as long as people keeping dwelling on it, they get to continue to be angry and place blame for things on others.
And the pope should think about how the mozlums he so adores are “colonizing” every place they can.
mortimer says
Though stories of abused children are very upsetting, Canada’s budget allocates an enormous and growing segment to supporting the native Canadians.
Violet M says
We owe them NOTHING
On March 16, 1649, an Iroquois tribe invaded the Huron Village of Saint Louis capturing Jesuit Missionary Brebeuf, Gabriel Lalament, and other Huron converts. The prisoners were forced to walk through the falling snow to the city of St. Ignace. They were beaten with clubs as they entered the captured city. Accounts from the escaped Hurons recalled:The Iroquois came, to the number of twelve hundred men; took our village, and seized Father Brebeuf and his companion; and set fire to all the huts. They proceeded to vent their rage on those two Fathers; for they took them both and stripped them entirely naked and fastened each to a post.“They tore the nails from their fingers. They beat them with a shower of blows from cudgels, on the shoulders, the loins, the belly, the legs, and the face; there being no part of their body which did not endure this torment,” the convert recounted. One of the Hurons poured boiling water on Brebeuf in a mock baptism. Following this, the Iroquois inflicted countless tortures on the missionary. “The first was to make hatchets red-hot, and to apply them to the loins and under the armpits,” the account read. “They made a collar of these red-hot hatchets, and put it on the neck of this good Father. I have seen no torment which more moved me to compassion than that,” a Huron recalled. “For you see a man, bound naked to a post, who, having this collar on his neck, cannot tell what posture to take. For, if he lean forward, those above his shoulders weigh the more on him; if he lean back, those on his stomach make him suffer the same torment; if he keep erect, without leaning to one side or other, the burning ratchets, applied equally on both sides, give him a double torture.” “After that they put on him a belt of bark, full of pitch and resin, and set fire to it, which roasted his whole body. During all these torments, Father de Brebeuf endured like a rock, insensible to fire and flames, which astonished all the bloodthirsty wretches who tormented him,” the account continued. Father de Brebeuf preached continually to the torturers. the account added. To prevent him from speaking more, they cut off his tongue, and both his upper and lower lips. After that, they set themselves to strip the flesh from his legs, thighs, and arms, to the very bone; and then put it to roast before his eyes, in order to eat it.Those butchers, seeing that the good Father began to grow weak, made him sit down on the ground; and, one of them, taking a knife, cut off the skin covering his skull.
somehistory says
“Christians” didn’t abuse the kids. they were people acting on their own, or directed by others who were not following the Commandments of Jesus Christ.
Yes, Jesus said, “Go and make disciples,” but He never said to force anyone to follow Him, He never separated the kids from their parents, nor did He tell His disciples to do those things. If someone goes against His commands, they are not following Him.
No one can undo what others did in the past. The pope is still making many, grievous errors in his ‘position’ of telling Christians everywhere what they should be doing, should not be doing, and to whom to extend offers of help and hospitality.
Jesus gave the commandments, He did the Teaching; Christians just have the obligation according to their own choosing, to follow His commands and directions. Christians don’t need a wrong-headed politician to tell them any differently.
mortimer says
Many of the abusers were other, older native children at the schools. They won’t tell you that.
They also won’t admit that the alternative to the residential schools was to do nothing to educate these children. Thanks to the schools, most of the children were well treated and got a pretty good education. You won’t hear them admit that either.
In England at the time they had work houses in which pauper children were kept with their parents and educated there. The system was copied from England.
Violet M says
Europeans especially those of means, sent their male children away to be educated in Monastaries or Convents since, I think before the Middle Ages. Nothing new happened here in Canada.
Just like now, some bad people were priests and took advantage.
High time they stop the victim mentality….it’s not good for them and there is proof what damage that victim culture brings.
In England tests were given to kids in a number of North England schools. The African kids who had not set into the victim nonsense passed all tests doing quite well. The white and black kids who’d been brought up believing they’re victims and everything is someone elses fault…..most failed the tests.
gravenimage says
Pope Francis expresses ‘deep shame’ in Canada, warns of new ‘cancel culture’
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It doesn’t sound as though the pontiff’s problem is with cancel culture, but with it not being widely enough imposed.
Pope Francis implied that he’d be retiring soon, but then he backed down on it.
mortimer says
The pope goes back to Italy, retires and the natives in Canada demand more money from the RCC … none of which will come from Francis’s pockets. It will impoverish the present-day church which has NO RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER for what happened long ago. Most of the perpetrators are now dead and so they can no longer be punished for their crimes.
So they are punishing the RCs who weren’t even born when the abuse happened.
Infidel says
I don’t have a problem w/ condemning the killings if they happened, or apologizing for them. But in such a case, the left & right normally come together, like in the 90s when President Clinton apologized for the Tuskegee experiments, and people on the Conservative side pretty much endorsed it
If it didn’t happen, the people who first came up w/ that story should be taken to task: already, there is enough hatred of our history
mortimer says
To Infidel: It’s a story mainly of sexual abuse of children. They lived in residences without the best medical care and many children died of infections that swept through. These illnesses affected all children in Canada as well, many of whom also died even with better medical care.
Our health care is better today and helicopters would take such children to major hospitals today.
Andrew Blackadder says
This wee Pope fella condemns something done in Canada by Christians centuries ago but I have yet to hear him condemn muslims for killing Christians in various islamic countries TODAY… Thats weird…
Every day more and more people are leaving the Church and returning to God… Lenny Bruce.
Major Tom says
Considering that Indians comprise about 4% of the total Canadian population…..what happened to the billions of Canadian tax dollars that was funneled into the Department of Indian Affairs? Considering the money that moved…..why are there still poor Indians?
As for the sexual, psychological, emotional damage to Native children in residential schools…..have we heard from any graduates that applauded the school system?
Today, we have the same abuses in the public schools with gender jacking and homosexual agendas!
Where is the public outcry for that?
James Lincoln says
After looking at that picture of Pope Francis and PM Justin Trudeau, I just can’t help but wonder who is further Left of center?
OLD GUY says
Hope the pope retires soon.
E T says
Hope Justine retires very soon.