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During the 1950s, the Catholic Church in Belgium separated thousands of newborns from their unwed mothers and put them up for adoption, often without the mothers' consent. The women were shamed into surrendering their babies by their families and a powerful church. Last month, Pope Francis apologized for those forced adoptions.

But Belgians weren't the only victims. From 1950 to 1970, the Vatican sent 3,500 Italian children to America on something called an orphan visa. The trouble was most were not orphans. Like their Belgian counterparts, they too were the children of unwed mothers. Many mothers later went searching for their children, only to discover they had been sent across an ocean. Today, thousands of American adoptees are still struggling to piece together their lost lives.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I just can’t grasp how someone could be a catholic in current times

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

For a couple of people I know, the answer would be: "This is obviously terrible, yes, but we need to preserve our traditional values at all costs, otherwise Muslim immigrants will replace us".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

“It doesn’t affect me personally.”

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

Same thing happened in Ireland.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

Please rewrite inserting “evil cult” for “church”. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Why do people do so much fucked up shit in the name of a supposedly perfect loving God?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

For that gods approval, when the scriptures are twisted to fit those who seek power's narrative.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The people wanted to do the fucked up shit regardless but need a mental justification to hide behind

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ah, America. The cause of and answer to the world's problems.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

I feel like this should be taken as an insult by America. I mean those little kids were innocent, but the church thought of them is "impure" and they sent their "impurities" to America. Holy shit, it's fucking dark, too.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Yeah. Really weird pattern of behavior there.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Peter_Pan

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Fuck the Catholic Church

Signed: Recovering socially catholic person who was forced to deal with the very insular and problematic Catholic bullshit for 18 years. Trauma is center to Catholicism. It is the point.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

You know how us Catholic girls can be We make up for so much time, a little too late I never forgot it, confusing as it was No fun with no guilt feelings The sinners, the saviors, the loverless priests I'll see you next Sunday

[–] [email protected] 64 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's almost like you shouldn't trust the judgement of people who believe inter-dimensional space wizards are real

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

And that's not even touching on the part where the "inter-dimensional space wizard who will send you to the torment nexus" is just a pretense for controlling and subjugating people.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Yeah, I'm fine with anything resembling gods being out there. But trusting other humans who want to control you blindly? WTF is wrong with you