Witches May Receive Papal Apology Lowell & Nancy McFarland lowell@nassau.cv.net Mon Jun 29 20:05:15 1998 Hello everybody. I saw this posted on the Fhaoil-Choin list by Lowell and Nancy McFarland, and thought you might find it of interest considering the Hall of Remembrance site and information that has been provided by Jenny Gibbons. Deborah O'Dubhain*br*_______________________________________-*br*The Melbourne, Australia, The Age, has an article about the possibility that the Vatican may apologize to Witches and other victims of the Catholic Church's Inquisition:*p*http://www.theage.com.au:80/daily/980630/news/news24.html*p*Excerpts are included.*br*The entire article should be read for accuracy and completeness.*p*Loch Sloy!*br*Lowell McFarland <lowell@nassau.cv.net>*br***********************************br*The Age, Melbourne, Australia*br*WITCHES MAY BE NEXT FOR APOLOGY*p*By Phillip Willian*p* The Pope might soon add witches and heretics to the list of*br*groups against which the Roman Catholic Church has sinned.*p* On 8 March 2000, he is to lead a penitential procession from*br*the Basilica of Santa Sabina to Rome's Circus Maximus, and*br*call for forgiveness for the historic failings of the church.*p* Alongside the Jews, to whom the Pope has extended his*br*apologies, will be representatives of those whom the*br*Inquisition tortured and killed for their beliefs. The*br*Inquisition was an ecclesiastical tribunal set up by Pope*br*Gregory IX in 1233 to ferret out heretics.*p* The record of the Inquisition, best known for the cruel*br*excesses committed under its auspices in Spain, will be*br*examined by about 50 historians at a conference in the*br*Vatican in October.*p* The delegates have been selected on the grounds of*br*professional competence, irrespective of their faith,*br*according to Father Georges Cottier, the Pope's personal*br*theologian and chairman of the historical-theological*br*commission helping to prepare for the great jubilee marking*br*the millennium.*br*___________________________________________________*br*Published by The Age Online Pty Ltd ACN 069 962 885*br*©1998 David Syme & Co Ltd http://www.theage.com.au:80/daily/980630/news/news24.html The Age