![]() ![]() ![]() The Black Legend speaks of the Spaniards abusing the Indians and being guilty of much more misconduct than history has ever recorded. The interpretation of the Black Legend can depend on whom you are talking to. One definition used is through the Black Legend and the White Legend. The Black Legend and White Legend: Relationship Between the Spanish and Indians in the New World The Spanish-Indian relationship can be defined in many ways. To each their own but I'll never stop from questioning things and hope some of you don't either. Problem I find when discussing this on Internet is that a lot of people -even though clarifications were made- will take these words as that I'm claiming Spain was innocent and did nothing wrong. But the stent in which the events happened have been greatly exaggerated, and thus why we can see inconsistencies of the sort as the one you mentioned. The article isn't questioning that the Spaniards did bad things, BECAUSE IT'S TRUE SPAIN DID BAD THINGS THERE (using capital letters for clarification). This doesn't happen in the USA where British effectively conquered by killing and outplacing. Yet the native American populations in the area are still today factually bigger and actually more relevant in comparison to North America, so how were then "effectively annihilated"? Sure the lands in Central America were a lot more populated but the truth remains that even today countries such as Mexico or Nicaragua have a large and fundamental influence by their indigenous cultures. Mezoamerican and South Amcrican Native civilizations were effectively annihilated and the population was forcibly converted to Christianity. “Our hope is that the exhibit can show not only the importance of Pope Pacelli but also the spiritual and especially supernatural dimension of this Roman pontificate,” he added.I would not call this exaggeration. It’s enough to say that it’s intended to make the historical truth known, to show that the accusations launched against Pope Pacelli cannot claim to be based on serious historical research and that it is increasingly more obvious that they are completely unfounded,” he stated. “The 50th anniversary of the death of Pius XII has motivated the Pontifical Committee to do justice to a great Pope who in life already enjoyed the admiration of contemporaries regardless of their religious convictions,” Archbishop Brandmuller said. ![]() He also explained that the exhibit was “opportune considering that since 1963-with the theatrical release of ‘The Vicar’ (which defamed Pope Pius XII claiming he was close to Hitler) by Rolf Hochhuth-an orchestrated campaign of defamation has been waged against the memory of the Pontiff.” The president of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Science, Archbishop Walter Brandmuller, presented on Monday the exhibit “Pius XII: The Man and His Pontificate.” The exhibit shows the historical truth about Pius XII’s papacy and how he saved thousands of Jews during World War II.Īccording to the L’Osservatore Romano, the exhibit, which will be on display November 4 through January 6, 2009, at the Vatican, was presented during a press conference by the president of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Science, Archbishop Walter Brandmuller, who said it was created “at the explicit request of Pope Benedict XVI.”
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