YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT SLAVELY BUT THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE YOU AS MISSIONARIES USED THE BIBLE TO ENSLAVED AFRICANS, SO IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THE WOUND TO BE HEALD.
YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT SLAVELY BUT THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE YOU AS MISSIONARIES USED THE BIBLE TO ENSLAVED AFRICANS, SO IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THE WOUND TO BE HEALD.
jos mina 13 years ago
mr pope europian have enslave african nation the aborigenes and american natives killing infecting them with sickness to takeover their land over the years and catolic church is aware of this the tasmanin black were all kille ... read full comment
mr pope europian have enslave african nation the aborigenes and american natives killing infecting them with sickness to takeover their land over the years and catolic church is aware of this the tasmanin black were all killed even using bishop and no justice to has done to this killers
osebo 13 years ago
The Catholic Church is synonymous with Slavery. Come again Mr Pope Fr5ancis.
Pope Nicholas V in 1452 gave the Portuguese king the right to enslave people who were not Christian. This was used by the Portuguese to enslave A ... read full comment
The Catholic Church is synonymous with Slavery. Come again Mr Pope Fr5ancis.
Pope Nicholas V in 1452 gave the Portuguese king the right to enslave people who were not Christian. This was used by the Portuguese to enslave Africans.
This singular event marked the beginning of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade which was initiated at the request of Bishop Las Casas of Spain.
Please Mr. Pope Francis you and your ilk owe an apology and restitution to Africa and all Africans. Don't give us this blidfold BS. We've had enough!
C.Y ANDY-K 13 years ago
I was going to draw attention to exactly what you wrote. Yes, they turned to Africa for slaves, with the blessing of the Catholic Church, after the brutal depopulation of the natives "Indians". Some like the Caribs became ext ... read full comment
I was going to draw attention to exactly what you wrote. Yes, they turned to Africa for slaves, with the blessing of the Catholic Church, after the brutal depopulation of the natives "Indians". Some like the Caribs became extinct centuries ago. The white man, Barbarians who invaded the Roman Empire and put Europe into the Dark Ages for centuries, and then multiplied to continue the invasion of the rest of the world, is the only plague or pestilence, capable of wiping out other human species - not to mention the earth's fauna and flora - known to mankind!
Let me add that, as a Jesuit himself, he should have known that the Jesuits Order was involved very deeply in the Slave Trade, having their own "factories" - that's how the slave buying depots were called then - along the coast of Africa, especially in the Congo and Angola, to buy and transport slaves to the plantations and mines they owned in Latin America. The Jesuit Order became the richest Catholic order, reigning over Latin America.
Has the Catholic Church properly apologised and made restitution for its participation in the Slave Trade?
Andy-K
I Don't Know 13 years ago
Yet you accept the lies they brought you in the bible. You cannot think or reason for yourself than to depend on history of myths as truth. You don't even know that you are still under their enslavement, all you know is wi ... read full comment
Yet you accept the lies they brought you in the bible. You cannot think or reason for yourself than to depend on history of myths as truth. You don't even know that you are still under their enslavement, all you know is without God/Christ nothing is possible.
Acolyte 13 years ago
Osebo, you are a fool in that your own government and other public officials are enslaving you and your family in Ghana. Fools always remember then but fail to work towards a better future. How there you insult the Holy Fathe ... read full comment
Osebo, you are a fool in that your own government and other public officials are enslaving you and your family in Ghana. Fools always remember then but fail to work towards a better future. How there you insult the Holy Father? Fools have no vision, and no wonder we continue to perish under our own leaders. Go to hell with your ignorant and unresearched history. We owe it to ourselves to right what was wrong. The Pope is right! God bless the Pope!
American 13 years ago
This one should know better. It was Augustine, doctor of the Church, who said that slavery, while man-made, is perfectly compatible with God and
natural law.
This one should know better. It was Augustine, doctor of the Church, who said that slavery, while man-made, is perfectly compatible with God and
natural law.
I Don't Know 13 years ago
how ignorant you are, a slave in this modern world. With all the libraries and articles you still cannot see that you are enslaved? you can go on living in your slavery, but remember that the best place to hide information ... read full comment
how ignorant you are, a slave in this modern world. With all the libraries and articles you still cannot see that you are enslaved? you can go on living in your slavery, but remember that the best place to hide information from people like you is to write them in books, that way such ignoramus like you will never find them.
C.Y ANDY-K 13 years ago
Wow! You summed it all up so aptly and so there is nothing left to add. Phew!
Andy-K
Wow! You summed it all up so aptly and so there is nothing left to add. Phew!
Andy-K
Abrantie-In Da House 13 years ago
At long last, I have found a real thinking Ghanaian, who knows who actually knows the problem of Ghana and Africa, the causes of the problem and how to solve them!!! I hope and pray to Nyame and Nyamewaa, that more Ghanaians ... read full comment
At long last, I have found a real thinking Ghanaian, who knows who actually knows the problem of Ghana and Africa, the causes of the problem and how to solve them!!! I hope and pray to Nyame and Nyamewaa, that more Ghanaians and Africans in general will come to see the light and will not be afraid to mention it like you rightly pointed them out here. We need more of such people in our society.
Asiwome 13 years ago
Prayers of the church fathers changed the world over.
Prayers of the church fathers changed the world over.
Hebert, Sweden 13 years ago
Look! what is the essence of insulting? New King New Law, thank Pope Francis for voicing his feelings, and thinking. What you need to do is to tell the Pope, and his church to compensate the victims, which the church have inf ... read full comment
Look! what is the essence of insulting? New King New Law, thank Pope Francis for voicing his feelings, and thinking. What you need to do is to tell the Pope, and his church to compensate the victims, which the church have inflicted casualties, rather than insulting.
He has opened the door and we need to express our views, and think for the next steps to be taken. Oh! Ghanaians what is qoing on with you by insulting everyone, or any useful suggestions? Are you under drugs or what? Primimitive and senseless people.
Daavi 13 years ago
STUPIDITY IS REIGNING OVER COMMON SENSE TODAY AMONG 60% OF GHANAIANS.
IN CONVERSATION WITH GHANAIAN FRIENDS YOU CAN TELL, THEY DONT UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE YET THEY JUMP INTO HASTY CONCLUSION.
LISTENING TO SERMONS ON RA ... read full comment
STUPIDITY IS REIGNING OVER COMMON SENSE TODAY AMONG 60% OF GHANAIANS.
IN CONVERSATION WITH GHANAIAN FRIENDS YOU CAN TELL, THEY DONT UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE YET THEY JUMP INTO HASTY CONCLUSION.
LISTENING TO SERMONS ON RADIO I ASK FRIENDS THE INTERPRETATION IN SIMPLE WORDS WHAT THE PASTOR PREACHED, YOU'LL BE AMAZED SOME CANNOT EVEN REMEMBER WHAT WAS PREACHED - YET YOU WILL SEE THEM NICELY DRESSED RUNNING TO CHURCH. SOMETHING IS WRONG!
Kwasi Adarkwah - Syi 13 years ago
What is more slavery than what you roman Catholics are doing. You people have taken advantage of your congregation far too long and enslave them because of ignorance. You have sex with them, you practice homosexual and all ki ... read full comment
What is more slavery than what you roman Catholics are doing. You people have taken advantage of your congregation far too long and enslave them because of ignorance. You have sex with them, you practice homosexual and all kinds of ugly practices. You are senseless so don't waste our time ok
GHANA FIRST 13 years ago
SOME GHANAIANS LIKE TO INSULT PEOPLE. POPE FRANCIS IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE ALL CAN DO TODAY TO RESPECT THE HUMAN DIGNITY OF EVERY PERSON. AS A STUDENT OF HISTORY, POPE FRANCIS KNOWS THAT MISTAKES WERE MADE IN THE PAST,(SLAVE ... read full comment
SOME GHANAIANS LIKE TO INSULT PEOPLE. POPE FRANCIS IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE ALL CAN DO TODAY TO RESPECT THE HUMAN DIGNITY OF EVERY PERSON. AS A STUDENT OF HISTORY, POPE FRANCIS KNOWS THAT MISTAKES WERE MADE IN THE PAST,(SLAVE LABOR) FOR WHICH HE IS NOT PROUD OF. THE QUESTION IS "WHAT CAN WE DO TODAY?" POPE FRANCIS ANSWERS THE QUESTION BY CALLING FOR RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY AND THE DIGNITY OF WORK. HE SAID:"A SOCIETY THAT CANNOT OFFER A PERSON THE POSSIBILITY OF WORK IS A SOCIETY THAT HAS 'STRIPPED THIS PERSON OF DIGNITY'. THE UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATION IN GHANA IS AGAINST THE WILL OF GOD. THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA MUST HELP CREATE JOBS FOR THE PEOPLE, TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE. THE GOVERNMENT MUST HELP PRIVATE BUSINESS OWNERS TO OFFER JOBS TO THE PEOPLE. GOD WORKS, AND WANTS HIS CHILDREN TO WORK. WORK IS NOBLE. THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA MUST IMPROVE THE ECONOMY SO AS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE. IF THEY FAIL TO DO THIS, THEY SIN AGAINST GOD AND THE PEOPLE OF GHANA.
Adomba 13 years ago
Slavery has come to humanity as a result of the fall of Adam and Eve. It was not seen in the lives of the holy pair. Slavery became a possibility when sin became a way of life outside the Edenic home. We see the harbinger of ... read full comment
Slavery has come to humanity as a result of the fall of Adam and Eve. It was not seen in the lives of the holy pair. Slavery became a possibility when sin became a way of life outside the Edenic home. We see the harbinger of domestic slavery in the early large families of our forefathers, and the help needed to maintain such households.
What is slavery? It is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work.[1] Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation. Historically, slavery was institutionally recognized by many societies; in more recent times slavery has been outlawed in most societies but continues through the practices of debt bondage, indentured servitude, serfdom, domestic servants kept in captivity, certain adoptions in which children are forced to work as slaves, child soldiers, and forced marriage.
Source: Wiki
Since the slave is held in servitude against his will, a release from his enslavement requires a power higher than that of himself and that of his master/mistress.
Jesus came to release the oppressed.
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised..." (Luke 4:18).
Control of subjects, and the greed of acquisition of wealth as a way of life lurk behind slavery.
The question may be asked: "What is man, that you are mindful of him? and the son of man, that you visit him?" (Psalm 8:4)
Answer: Calvary, where we see the cost of sin, and freedom from its penalty, power and future presence. "... the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Revelation 13:8b).
Religious families, businesses and govts remain part of God's team when they train people with marketable skills for high-paying employment, and, or make employment available to the unemployed.
"If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed" (John 8:36).
Asiwome 13 years ago
We should all aplaud the effort of the pope, because some workers think of themselves as slaves that is why there are so many labour disputes. 1Tim 2:2 as well as 2Tim 2:2 are very relevant to the issue. We have to pray for o ... read full comment
We should all aplaud the effort of the pope, because some workers think of themselves as slaves that is why there are so many labour disputes. 1Tim 2:2 as well as 2Tim 2:2 are very relevant to the issue. We have to pray for our leaders even as we continue to work.
Kano 13 years ago
Home News Catholic Church enslaved 30,000 Irish women as forced unpaid labor in Magdalene Laundries until 1996
Catholic Church enslaved 30,000 Irish women as forced unpaid labor in Magdalene Laundries until 1996
2/6/20 ... read full comment
Home News Catholic Church enslaved 30,000 Irish women as forced unpaid labor in Magdalene Laundries until 1996
Catholic Church enslaved 30,000 Irish women as forced unpaid labor in Magdalene Laundries until 1996
2/6/2013 8:00am by Myrddin
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What a horrific story. The Irish Prime Minister gave a partial apology today for the government’s role in a 74-year scandal in which, a new official government report says, over 10,000 women were forced to work without pay at commercial laundries called Magdalene Laundries, operated by the Catholic Church for “crimes” as small as not paying a train ticket.
In Northern Ireland, a parellel investigation is currently under way, although it, oddly, is so far refusing to include that country’s Magdalene Laundries in the investigation.
Wikipedia notes that the estimate of the number of women who were used as forced slave labor by the Catholic Church in Ireland alone goes as high as 30,000 over the entire time the Magdalene laundries were in operation.
The last Magdalene laundry closed in 1996.
Women were locked in, couldn’t leave Magdalene Laundries for months, sometimes years
The women were locked in and not permitted to leave. And if they tried to get away, the cops would catch them and bring them back. They were quite literally Catholic slave labor working for the government and even Guinness, which would pay the laundries for the women’s slave labor.
Half of the girls enslaved in these Catholic Church prisons were under the age of 23. The youngest entrant was 9 years old.
Source: American Blog
KWABENA OHEMENG,LONDON. 13 years ago
Without slave labour capitalism can never succeed.All the rich western countries became prosperous on the back of slave labour which was demeaning,brutal and not paid for.Capitalism can never succeed without cheap labour whic ... read full comment
Without slave labour capitalism can never succeed.All the rich western countries became prosperous on the back of slave labour which was demeaning,brutal and not paid for.Capitalism can never succeed without cheap labour which is exploited to ensure massive profit gains.Now several western companies are relocating from China to Vietnam because labour in Vietnam is now far cheaper than it is in China where the cost of hiring workers is becoming more and more expensive.Bangladeshi workers are victims of'predatory' capitalism which is highly exploitative and has no respect for human dignity.
Till Zion 13 years ago
Slavery is against God's plan..I agree to that. If so why is it condoned so much in the bible?
Does it mean that the bible as we see it is today was not written by God?
CHECK THESE QUOTES FROM THE BIBLE:
Psalm 123:2: A ... read full comment
Slavery is against God's plan..I agree to that. If so why is it condoned so much in the bible?
Does it mean that the bible as we see it is today was not written by God?
CHECK THESE QUOTES FROM THE BIBLE:
Psalm 123:2: As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he shows us his mercy.
Ephesians 6:4-6: Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.
Ephesians 6:5: Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.
Ephesians 6:9: And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
Colossians 3:22: Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.
Colossians 4:1: Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.
Titus 2:9: Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them.
1 Peter 2:18: Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.
SO WHOSE PLAN WAS THAT TO INCLUDE THESE VERSES INTO THE BIBLE???
AND THIS BIBLE IS SUPPOSED TO BE INSPIRED BY GOD, RIGHT?
YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT SLAVELY BUT THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE YOU AS MISSIONARIES USED THE BIBLE TO ENSLAVED AFRICANS, SO IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THE WOUND TO BE HEALD.
mr pope europian have enslave african nation the aborigenes and american natives killing infecting them with sickness to takeover their land over the years and catolic church is aware of this the tasmanin black were all kille ...
read full comment
The Catholic Church is synonymous with Slavery. Come again Mr Pope Fr5ancis.
Pope Nicholas V in 1452 gave the Portuguese king the right to enslave people who were not Christian. This was used by the Portuguese to enslave A ...
read full comment
I was going to draw attention to exactly what you wrote. Yes, they turned to Africa for slaves, with the blessing of the Catholic Church, after the brutal depopulation of the natives "Indians". Some like the Caribs became ext ...
read full comment
Yet you accept the lies they brought you in the bible. You cannot think or reason for yourself than to depend on history of myths as truth. You don't even know that you are still under their enslavement, all you know is wi ...
read full comment
Osebo, you are a fool in that your own government and other public officials are enslaving you and your family in Ghana. Fools always remember then but fail to work towards a better future. How there you insult the Holy Fathe ...
read full comment
This one should know better. It was Augustine, doctor of the Church, who said that slavery, while man-made, is perfectly compatible with God and
natural law.
how ignorant you are, a slave in this modern world. With all the libraries and articles you still cannot see that you are enslaved? you can go on living in your slavery, but remember that the best place to hide information ...
read full comment
Wow! You summed it all up so aptly and so there is nothing left to add. Phew!
Andy-K
At long last, I have found a real thinking Ghanaian, who knows who actually knows the problem of Ghana and Africa, the causes of the problem and how to solve them!!! I hope and pray to Nyame and Nyamewaa, that more Ghanaians ...
read full comment
Prayers of the church fathers changed the world over.
Look! what is the essence of insulting? New King New Law, thank Pope Francis for voicing his feelings, and thinking. What you need to do is to tell the Pope, and his church to compensate the victims, which the church have inf ...
read full comment
STUPIDITY IS REIGNING OVER COMMON SENSE TODAY AMONG 60% OF GHANAIANS.
IN CONVERSATION WITH GHANAIAN FRIENDS YOU CAN TELL, THEY DONT UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE YET THEY JUMP INTO HASTY CONCLUSION.
LISTENING TO SERMONS ON RA ...
read full comment
What is more slavery than what you roman Catholics are doing. You people have taken advantage of your congregation far too long and enslave them because of ignorance. You have sex with them, you practice homosexual and all ki ...
read full comment
SOME GHANAIANS LIKE TO INSULT PEOPLE. POPE FRANCIS IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE ALL CAN DO TODAY TO RESPECT THE HUMAN DIGNITY OF EVERY PERSON. AS A STUDENT OF HISTORY, POPE FRANCIS KNOWS THAT MISTAKES WERE MADE IN THE PAST,(SLAVE ...
read full comment
Slavery has come to humanity as a result of the fall of Adam and Eve. It was not seen in the lives of the holy pair. Slavery became a possibility when sin became a way of life outside the Edenic home. We see the harbinger of ...
read full comment
We should all aplaud the effort of the pope, because some workers think of themselves as slaves that is why there are so many labour disputes. 1Tim 2:2 as well as 2Tim 2:2 are very relevant to the issue. We have to pray for o ...
read full comment
Home News Catholic Church enslaved 30,000 Irish women as forced unpaid labor in Magdalene Laundries until 1996
Catholic Church enslaved 30,000 Irish women as forced unpaid labor in Magdalene Laundries until 1996
2/6/20 ...
read full comment
Without slave labour capitalism can never succeed.All the rich western countries became prosperous on the back of slave labour which was demeaning,brutal and not paid for.Capitalism can never succeed without cheap labour whic ...
read full comment
Slavery is against God's plan..I agree to that. If so why is it condoned so much in the bible?
Does it mean that the bible as we see it is today was not written by God?
CHECK THESE QUOTES FROM THE BIBLE:
Psalm 123:2: A ...
read full comment