Pope John Paul IIs predecessors in Rome were presiding over the inquisition. torture and execution of thousands of Catholics who had allegedly violated church law. Our own continent. less than three centuries ago. saw the long arm of the Spanish inquisition raised over the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico. Next year. 1980. will mark the 310th anniversary of the ensuing revolt of the Pueblos and the slaughter of Catholic priests throughout New Mexico. On our eastern seaboard. unlike New Mexico under the rule of Spain. we were privileged to embrace. first in our original colonies and later in our United States. refugees from religious persecution in distant lands. Huguenots. Puritans.
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