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submitted 5 days ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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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[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 57 points 5 days ago

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

[-] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 29 points 5 days ago
[-] loutr@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 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".

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days ago

“It doesn’t affect me personally.”

[-] WhereGrapesMayRule@lemmy.world 65 points 5 days ago

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

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 28 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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.

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 5 points 5 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

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 28 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 5 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

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 days ago

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

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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

[-] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 15 points 5 days ago

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

[-] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 days ago

Same thing happened in Ireland.

[-] Arsecroft@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 5 days ago

Yeah. Really weird pattern of behavior there.

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

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

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

[-] penquin@lemm.ee 15 points 5 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.

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