Ukatili wa Kanisa Katoliki, Papa aomba msamaha

[Anthony10]

Historia inaonyesha wazi kuwa Mamlaka ya Papa ilitesa na kuangamiza Wakristo, hasa katika kilele cha utawala wake katika karne za kati. Wanahistoria wengi wanasema zaidi ya watu milioni hamsini waliuawa kwa ajili ya imani zao katika kipindi cha dhiki kuu.Sababu kuu ya kuuawa na kuteswa kwao ilikuwa ni kupinga na kukataa kutambua kanisa KATOLIKI kama kanisa la Mungu ,hivyo walitakiwa kuuawa au kuteswa ili "wazushi" hawa wanyamazishwe
Dokezo la Biblia kuhusu ukatii huu,imeandikiwa

“Naye akapewa kinywa cha kunena maneno makuu, ya makufuru. Akapewa uwezo wa kufanya kazi yake miezi arobaini na miwili. Akafunua kinywa chake amtukane Mungu, na kulitukana jina lake; na maskani yake, nao wakaao mbinguni. Tena akapewa kufanya vita na watakatifu na KUWASHINDA, akapewa uwezo juu ya kila kabila na jamaa na lugha na taifa. Ufunuon 13:5-7

PAPA FRANCIS AOMBA MASAMAHA

Papa Francis awaomba radhi Waprotestanti ,BBC WANARIPOTI

26 Januari 2016

Katika hatua ya kujumuisha umoja wa kikristo, Papa Francis amewaomba radhi waumini wa Kiprotestanti kutokana na unyanyasaji walioupata kutoka kanisa Katoliki miaka ya nyuma.

Papa Francis amewataka waumini wa kanisa Katoliki pia kuwasamehe wale ambao waliwakosea ili wasiruhusu makosa yaliyotendeka nyuma kuwa sumu ya mahusiano ya sasa. Kufuatia tamko hilo msemaji wa Vatcan ametangaza kuwa Papa Francis atazuru mji wa Lund uliopo Swedish eneo ambalo jumuiya ya Kilutheri ilianzishwa na kuanzisha thehebu la Kilutheri karne tano zilizopita.


KUHUSU Mauji ya RWANDA

PAPA FRANCIS AMEKUBALI KUWA KANISA KATOLIKI LILIHUSIKA KATIKA MAUAJI HAYO AMBAPO WATU ZAIDI YA 800,00O WALIUAWA ,BBC WANARIPOTI

Kiongozi wa kanisa Katoliki duniani Papa Francis ameomba msamaha kutoka kwa Mungu kwa "dhambi na makosa yaliyotekelezwa na Kanisa na waumini wake … ambao walitekwa na chuki na ghasia" wakati wa mauaji ya kimbari Rwanda.

Alikuwa akiongea baada ya kukutana na Rais Paul Kagame mjini Vatican.

Ombi lake la msahama limetokea baada ya ombi la Rwanda Novemba mwaka jana kwa Vatican kuomba radhi kutokana na mchango wa mapadri wa kanisa Katoliki na baadhi ya viongozi wake wakati wa mauaji hayo ya mwaka 1994.
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haya ni machache yalifunuka hata tukayaona ,je kuna mangapi ambayo hatuyajuai ?

Je kanisa KATOLIKI limebadilika? ,LA HASHA ! hapana kanisa hili halitabadilika kamwe bali litabadili namna ya utendaji wake kulingana na wakati ,hii ni kwa sababu kanisa hili linapata nguvu KUTOKA kwa shetani mwenyewe soma,Ufunuo wa Yohana 13 : 2


BIBLIA INASEMA NINI KUHUSU KANISA HILI KATILI

Note:mwanamke katika unabii humaanisha kanisa ,hapa Mungu analielezea kanisa KATOLIKI na watoto wake [makanisa yote yanayopinga amri za Mungu] kwa kutumia mwanamke kahaba na binti zake ,kama kuna mahali hutaelewa uliza

Akaja mmoja wa wale malaika saba, wenye vile vitasa saba, akanena nami, akisema, Njoo huku, nitakuonyesha hukumu ya yule kahaba mkuu aketiye juu ya maji mengi;ambaye wafalme wa nchi wamezini naye, nao wakaao katika nchi wamelevywa kwa mvinyo ya uasherati wake. Akanichukua katika Roho hata jangwani, nikaona mwanamke, ameketi juu ya mnyama mwekundu sana, mwenye kujaa majina ya makufuru, mwenye vichwa saba na pembe kumi - Na mwanamke yule alikuwa amevikwa nguo ya rangi ya zambarau, na nyekundu, amepambwa kwa dhahabu, na kito cha thamani, na lulu, naye alikuwa na kikombe cha dhahabu mkononi mwake, kilichojawa na machukizo, na machafu ya uasherati wake.Na katika kipaji cha uso wake alikuwa na jina limeandikwa, la siri, BABELI MKUU, MAMA WA MAKAHABA NA MACHUKIZO YA NCHI. - Nikamwona yule mwanamke amelewa kwa damu ya watakatifu, na kwa damu ya mashahidi wa Yesu. Nami nilipomwona nikastaajabu ajabu kuu.Ufunuo wa Yohana 17 : 1-6

Mungu anajua mateso yanayosababishwa na kanisa KATOLIKI kwa watu wake ,hukumu yake inaafaliwa

Wakatoliki waaminifu wafanye nini ?

Mungu anasema

Tokeni kwake, enyi watu wangu, msishiriki dhambi zake, wala msipokee mapigo yake.- Kwa maana dhambi zake zimefika hata mbinguni, na Mungu amekumbuka maovu yake.Ufunuo wa Yohana 18 : 4-5

 

[Asprin]

Rudi nyuma shetani...

Kanisa kama kanisa linawezaje kuwa katili??? Wenye ukatili ni binadamu... kama wewe ulieandika hii makala ya kikatili.

Uzuri ni kwamba sijapoteza muda wangu kusoma huu waraka wa kikatili... heading tu ilitosha kuelewa lengo lake.

Rudi nyuma shetani...

 

[Anthony10]

Rudi nyuma shetani...

Kanisa kama kanisa linawezaje kuwa katili??? Wenye ukatili ni binadamu... kama wewe ulieandika hii makala ya kikatili.

Uzuri ni kwamba sijapoteza muda wangu kusoma huu waraka wa kikatili... heading tu ilitosha kuelewa lengo lake.

Rudi nyuma shetani...

Kama Hujasona unacomment nini ?

 

[Kinyungu]

Historia inaonyesha wazi kuwa Mamlaka ya Papa ilitesa na kuangamiza Wakristo, hasa katika kilele cha utawala wake katika karne za kati. Wanahistoria wengi wanasema zaidi ya watu milioni hamsini waliuawa kwa ajili ya imani zao katika kipindi cha dhiki kuu.Sababu kuu ya kuuawa na kuteswa kwao ilikuwa ni kupinga na kukataa kutambua kanisa KATOLIKI kama kanisa la Mungu ,hivyo walitakiwa kuuawa au kuteswa ili "wazushi" hawa wanyamazishwe
Dokezo la Biblia kuhusu ukatii huu,imeandikiwa

“Naye akapewa kinywa cha kunena maneno makuu, ya makufuru. Akapewa uwezo wa kufanya kazi yake miezi arobaini na miwili. Akafunua kinywa chake amtukane Mungu, na kulitukana jina lake; na maskani yake, nao wakaao mbinguni. Tena akapewa kufanya vita na watakatifu na KUWASHINDA, akapewa uwezo juu ya kila kabila na jamaa na lugha na taifa. Ufunuon 13:5-7

PAPA FRANCIS AOMBA MASAMAHA

Papa Francis awaomba radhi Waprotestanti ,BBC WANARIPOTI

26 Januari 2016

Katika hatua ya kujumuisha umoja wa kikristo, Papa Francis amewaomba radhi waumini wa Kiprotestanti kutokana na unyanyasaji walioupata kutoka kanisa Katoliki miaka ya nyuma.

Papa Francis amewataka waumini wa kanisa Katoliki pia kuwasamehe wale ambao waliwakosea ili wasiruhusu makosa yaliyotendeka nyuma kuwa sumu ya mahusiano ya sasa. Kufuatia tamko hilo msemaji wa Vatcan ametangaza kuwa Papa Francis atazuru mji wa Lund uliopo Swedish eneo ambalo jumuiya ya Kilutheri ilianzishwa na kuanzisha thehebu la Kilutheri karne tano zilizopita.


KUHUSU Mauji ya RWANDA

PAPA FRANCIS AMEKUBALI KUWA KANISA KATOLIKI LILIHUSIKA KATIKA MAUAJI HAYO AMBAPO WATU ZAIDI YA 800,00O WALIUAWA ,BBC WANARIPOTI

Kiongozi wa kanisa Katoliki duniani Papa Francis ameomba msamaha kutoka kwa Mungu kwa "dhambi na makosa yaliyotekelezwa na Kanisa na waumini wake … ambao walitekwa na chuki na ghasia" wakati wa mauaji ya kimbari Rwanda.

Alikuwa akiongea baada ya kukutana na Rais Paul Kagame mjini Vatican.

Ombi lake la msahama limetokea baada ya ombi la Rwanda Novemba mwaka jana kwa Vatican kuomba radhi kutokana na mchango wa mapadri wa kanisa Katoliki na baadhi ya viongozi wake wakati wa mauaji hayo ya mwaka 1994.
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haya ni machache yalifunuka hata tukayaona ,je kuna mangapi ambayo hatuyajuai ?

Je kanisa KATOLIKI limebadilika? ,LA HASHA ! hapana kanisa hili halitabadilika kamwe bali litabadili namna ya utendaji wake kulingana na wakati ,hii ni kwa sababu kanisa hili linapata nguvu KUTOKA kwa shetani mwenyewe soma,Ufunuo wa Yohana 13 : 2


BIBLIA INASEMA NINI KUHUSU KANISA HILI KATILI

Note:mwanamke katika unabii humaanisha kanisa ,hapa Mungu analielezea kanisa KATOLIKI na watoto wake [makanisa yote yanayopinga amri za Mungu] kwa kutumia mwanamke kahaba na binti zake ,kama kuna mahali hutaelewa uliza

Akaja mmoja wa wale malaika saba, wenye vile vitasa saba, akanena nami, akisema, Njoo huku, nitakuonyesha hukumu ya yule kahaba mkuu aketiye juu ya maji mengi;ambaye wafalme wa nchi wamezini naye, nao wakaao katika nchi wamelevywa kwa mvinyo ya uasherati wake. Akanichukua katika Roho hata jangwani, nikaona mwanamke, ameketi juu ya mnyama mwekundu sana, mwenye kujaa majina ya makufuru, mwenye vichwa saba na pembe kumi - Na mwanamke yule alikuwa amevikwa nguo ya rangi ya zambarau, na nyekundu, amepambwa kwa dhahabu, na kito cha thamani, na lulu, naye alikuwa na kikombe cha dhahabu mkononi mwake, kilichojawa na machukizo, na machafu ya uasherati wake.Na katika kipaji cha uso wake alikuwa na jina limeandikwa, la siri, BABELI MKUU, MAMA WA MAKAHABA NA MACHUKIZO YA NCHI. - Nikamwona yule mwanamke amelewa kwa damu ya watakatifu, na kwa damu ya mashahidi wa Yesu. Nami nilipomwona nikastaajabu ajabu kuu.Ufunuo wa Yohana 17 : 1-6

Mungu anajua mateso yanayosababishwa na kanisa KATOLIKI kwa watu wake ,hukumu yake inaafaliwa

Wakatoliki waaminifu wafanye nini ?

Mungu anasema

Tokeni kwake, enyi watu wangu, msishiriki dhambi zake, wala msipokee mapigo yake.- Kwa maana dhambi zake zimefika hata mbinguni, na Mungu amekumbuka maovu yake.Ufunuo wa Yohana 18 : 4-5

Hata Mtume Paulo aliua na Kutesa Wakristu kama unadhani Mungu anaishi kwenye chuki na vinyongo unapoteza Muda.

 

[Auz]

Kagame kaua wangapi, na kakiri au kuomba msamaha kwa nani?

 

[fattys]

Ikitokea dhehebu mmoja la Kikristo linasimama na kunyoshea kidole dhehebu lingine tena kwa kunukuu maandiko kutoka kwenye Biblia ni vyema kukawa ukweli usioegemea kwenye mafundisho ya Dhehebu mmoja. Kwa mfano wakati John anaandika ufunuo ( ambacho ni kitabu cha unabii ) lakini pia John alikuwa anaambiwa yale yaliyokuwa yanalikabili Kanisa kwa wakati huo je , Kanisa Katoli lilikuwepo? Au Yesu Kristo alikuwa anampa unabii John juu ya ujio wa Kanisa Katoliki? Kati ya kitabu kinachohitaji kusomwa kwa utulivu wa akili na roho ni kitabu cha ufunuo na wengi wetu huo tunaengemea kwenye mafundisho ya Kikanisa( churches doctrines) na kutoka kwenye ukweli uliopo kwenye Biblia. Ni ukweli usiopigika kwamba Kanisa Katoliki lilihusika na mateso ya Wakristo wa Kabisa la Kwanza Kama ambavyo Wayahudi walivyofanya. Lakini je wao ndiyo Dhehebu pekee lililofanya makosa ya kibinadamu dhidi ya Kanisa la Mungu?

 

[jaywacnza]

Haya mambo yashajadiliwaga kitambo...unaanzisha mada ili iweje??? Jaribu kusoma vitabu na historia kwa manufaa yako binafsi, maana mambo yote yashajadikiwa kitambooooo

 

[Humphrey Msoka]

muanzisha mada umetumwa? maana hamna point ya maana uliosema hapo ni chuki zako binafsi

hata ivo makosa ya wachache hayawezi kudefine kanisa zima

Mods futa huu uzi please

 

[evonik]

Hata Mtume Paulo aliua na Kutesa Wakristu kama unadhani Mungu anaishi kwenye chuki na vinyongo unapoteza Muda.

Mkuu acha kukot uz mref

 

[modest]

Uyuu atakua msabato anaesubiliw kuchukuliwa now mungu

 

[antoniozagarino]

Huna akili. Hata church history hujui. Nenda kasome. Hata wana wa Israel waliua wamisri wazaliwa wa kwanza. Kasome kiini cha mauaji..mapapa na mapadre ni watu..kanisa ni la Mungu. Mbona makanisa ambayo siyo katoliki yako na makosa mengi ila husemi. Kosa la watu sio kanisa.

 

[Nyakageni]

CCM kwa Tanzania ni katili sana

 

[Asprin]

Kama Hujasona unacomment nini ?

Nacomment maneno...

 

[Tyetyetye]

Makosa ya watu lakini kanisa linaomba radhi. Je kanisa liliwatuma?

 

[Kisu Cha Ngariba]

Rudi nyuma shetani...

Kanisa kama kanisa linawezaje kuwa katili??? Wenye ukatili ni binadamu... kama wewe ulieandika hii makala ya kikatili.

Uzuri ni kwamba sijapoteza muda wangu kusoma huu waraka wa kikatili... heading tu ilitosha kuelewa lengo lake.

Rudi nyuma shetani...

Waumini ndio kanisa. Na sio jengo wala jina.

 

[kitali]

Historia inaonyesha wazi kuwa Mamlaka ya Papa ilitesa na kuangamiza Wakristo, hasa katika kilele cha utawala wake katika karne za kati. Wanahistoria wengi wanasema zaidi ya watu milioni hamsini waliuawa kwa ajili ya imani zao katika kipindi cha dhiki kuu.Sababu kuu ya kuuawa na kuteswa kwao ilikuwa ni kupinga na kukataa kutambua kanisa KATOLIKI kama kanisa la Mungu ,hivyo walitakiwa kuuawa au kuteswa ili "wazushi" hawa wanyamazishwe
Dokezo la Biblia kuhusu ukatii huu,imeandikiwa

“Naye akapewa kinywa cha kunena maneno makuu, ya makufuru. Akapewa uwezo wa kufanya kazi yake miezi arobaini na miwili. Akafunua kinywa chake amtukane Mungu, na kulitukana jina lake; na maskani yake, nao wakaao mbinguni. Tena akapewa kufanya vita na watakatifu na KUWASHINDA, akapewa uwezo juu ya kila kabila na jamaa na lugha na taifa. Ufunuon 13:5-7

PAPA FRANCIS AOMBA MASAMAHA

Papa Francis awaomba radhi Waprotestanti ,BBC WANARIPOTI

26 Januari 2016

Katika hatua ya kujumuisha umoja wa kikristo, Papa Francis amewaomba radhi waumini wa Kiprotestanti kutokana na unyanyasaji walioupata kutoka kanisa Katoliki miaka ya nyuma.

Papa Francis amewataka waumini wa kanisa Katoliki pia kuwasamehe wale ambao waliwakosea ili wasiruhusu makosa yaliyotendeka nyuma kuwa sumu ya mahusiano ya sasa. Kufuatia tamko hilo msemaji wa Vatcan ametangaza kuwa Papa Francis atazuru mji wa Lund uliopo Swedish eneo ambalo jumuiya ya Kilutheri ilianzishwa na kuanzisha thehebu la Kilutheri karne tano zilizopita.


KUHUSU Mauji ya RWANDA

PAPA FRANCIS AMEKUBALI KUWA KANISA KATOLIKI LILIHUSIKA KATIKA MAUAJI HAYO AMBAPO WATU ZAIDI YA 800,00O WALIUAWA ,BBC WANARIPOTI

Kiongozi wa kanisa Katoliki duniani Papa Francis ameomba msamaha kutoka kwa Mungu kwa "dhambi na makosa yaliyotekelezwa na Kanisa na waumini wake … ambao walitekwa na chuki na ghasia" wakati wa mauaji ya kimbari Rwanda.

Alikuwa akiongea baada ya kukutana na Rais Paul Kagame mjini Vatican.

Ombi lake la msahama limetokea baada ya ombi la Rwanda Novemba mwaka jana kwa Vatican kuomba radhi kutokana na mchango wa mapadri wa kanisa Katoliki na baadhi ya viongozi wake wakati wa mauaji hayo ya mwaka 1994.
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haya ni machache yalifunuka hata tukayaona ,je kuna mangapi ambayo hatuyajuai ?

Je kanisa KATOLIKI limebadilika? ,LA HASHA ! hapana kanisa hili halitabadilika kamwe bali litabadili namna ya utendaji wake kulingana na wakati ,hii ni kwa sababu kanisa hili linapata nguvu KUTOKA kwa shetani mwenyewe soma,Ufunuo wa Yohana 13 : 2


BIBLIA INASEMA NINI KUHUSU KANISA HILI KATILI

Note:mwanamke katika unabii humaanisha kanisa ,hapa Mungu analielezea kanisa KATOLIKI na watoto wake [makanisa yote yanayopinga amri za Mungu] kwa kutumia mwanamke kahaba na binti zake ,kama kuna mahali hutaelewa uliza

Akaja mmoja wa wale malaika saba, wenye vile vitasa saba, akanena nami, akisema, Njoo huku, nitakuonyesha hukumu ya yule kahaba mkuu aketiye juu ya maji mengi;ambaye wafalme wa nchi wamezini naye, nao wakaao katika nchi wamelevywa kwa mvinyo ya uasherati wake. Akanichukua katika Roho hata jangwani, nikaona mwanamke, ameketi juu ya mnyama mwekundu sana, mwenye kujaa majina ya makufuru, mwenye vichwa saba na pembe kumi - Na mwanamke yule alikuwa amevikwa nguo ya rangi ya zambarau, na nyekundu, amepambwa kwa dhahabu, na kito cha thamani, na lulu, naye alikuwa na kikombe cha dhahabu mkononi mwake, kilichojawa na machukizo, na machafu ya uasherati wake.Na katika kipaji cha uso wake alikuwa na jina limeandikwa, la siri, BABELI MKUU, MAMA WA MAKAHABA NA MACHUKIZO YA NCHI. - Nikamwona yule mwanamke amelewa kwa damu ya watakatifu, na kwa damu ya mashahidi wa Yesu. Nami nilipomwona nikastaajabu ajabu kuu.Ufunuo wa Yohana 17 : 1-6

Mungu anajua mateso yanayosababishwa na kanisa KATOLIKI kwa watu wake ,hukumu yake inaafaliwa

Wakatoliki waaminifu wafanye nini ?

Mungu anasema

Tokeni kwake, enyi watu wangu, msishiriki dhambi zake, wala msipokee mapigo yake.- Kwa maana dhambi zake zimefika hata mbinguni, na Mungu amekumbuka maovu yake.Ufunuo wa Yohana 18 : 4-5

Nikusaidie jambo moja muhim.
Kwenye mauaji ya Rwanda hata wasabato, waislam, yaan madhehebu yote yalihusika so kitendo cha kuomba msamaha c kwamba kanisa lilituma watu kuua bali kanisa halikutimiza wajibu wake kukemea na kuchukua hatua. Coz wapo pia viongoz wa kanisa waliuwawa. Ucsahau Vita ilikuwa Kati ya watus na wahutu,so upande wowote utakaokuwepo ni kupigana Nadhan wewe unatakiwa uende Rwanda kujua zaid na muache kuhukum watu mi mbona ni mlutheri lakin najua kuna watu walikimbilia kanisan wakaja kuuwawa hata pale kwenye kanisa la kisabato kigal

 

[njeeseka]

Nikusaidie jambo moja muhim.
Kwenye mauaji ya Rwanda hata wasabato, waislam, yaan madhehebu yote yalihusika so kitendo cha kuomba msamaha c kwamba kanisa lilituma watu kuua bali kanisa halikutimiza wajibu wake kukemea na kuchukua hatua. Coz wapo pia viongoz wa kanisa waliuwawa. Ucsahau Vita ilikuwa Kati ya watus na wahutu,so upande wowote utakaokuwepo ni kupigana Nadhan wewe unatakiwa uende Rwanda kujua zaid na muache kuhukum watu mi mbona ni mlutheri lakin najua kuna watu walikimbilia kanisan wakaja kuuwawa hata pale kwenye kanisa la kisabato kigal

Inawezekana na wewe unaleta story za mtaani, watu wamefanya tafiti kwa muda mrefu sana, kuituhumu katoliki kuhusika na mauaji sio jambo la kitoto au kirahisi km unavyodhani. Verification and justification ili rudiwa rudiwa pasipo kuacha shaka yoyote.
Kama kungekuwa na madhehebu mengine yalihusika moja kwa moja yangetajwa ktk report.
Kuna mambo yalifanywa wazi na Mapadri/ viongozi wa katoliki kuwezesha mauaji hata ktk msamaha wake hakuomba kwa ajili ya waumini wa kikatoliki bali aliomba kwa ajili ya kanisa na viongozi hao.
Kiongozi wajuu kabisa i.e papa kuomba kukiri kuhusika na mauaji na msamaha sio jambo la kubahatisha, lilifanyiwa upembuzi yakinifu na kujiridhisha kabla hajatoa neno la kuomba msamaha kwani anajua litabaki miongo kwa miongo, vizazi kwa vizazi kama ilivyobaki historia kwa siku za utesaji wa Rumi kwa kanisa la Mungu.

Usishupaze shingo unapoelekezwa, linaweza kuvunjika.

 

[Pythagoras]

waafrika tutafute kwanza elimu hizi dini bado hatuzijui vizuri, mtoa mada inawezekana kuna mtu amekumezesha obviously wewe ni msabato. na umekuja kutema kama ulivyomezeshwa, unaquote maandiko bila hata kufanya tafakari hatimaye hamna point yoyote zaidi ya story tu. ukiona imani/dini/dhehebu lako linakosoa lingine badala ya kufundisha yale ambayo yanastahili kwa imani yako ujue halijitosherezi kimafundisho

 

[njeeseka]

Pitia hii makala ya THE GURDIAN mwaka ya 2014


Tuesday 8 April 2014 05.15 EDTFirst published on Tuesday 8 April 201405.15 EDT

There is a Roman Catholic priest at a medieval church an hour's drive from Paris who has been indicted by a United Nations court for genocide, extermination, murder and rape in Rwanda.

Father Wenceslas Munyeshyaka was notorious during the 1994 genocide of 800,000 Tutsis for wearing a gun on his hip and colluding with the Hutu militia that murdered hundreds of people sheltering in his church. A Rwandan court convicted the priest of genocide and sentenced him in absentia to life in prison. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda spent years trying to bring him to trial.

But the Catholic church in France does not see any of this as a bar to serving as a priest and has gone out of its way to defend Munyeshyaka.

It's not an isolated case. After the genocide, a network of clergy and church organisations brought priests and nuns with blood on their hands in Rwanda to Europe and sheltered them. They included Father Athanase Seromba who ordered the bulldozing of his church with 2,000 Tutsis inside and had the survivors shot. Catholic monks helped him get to Italy, change his name and become a parish priest in Florence.

After Seromba was exposed, the international tribunal's chief prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, accused the Vatican of obstructing his extradition to face trial. The Holy See told her the priest was "doing good works" in Italy. Another Rwanda priest taken on in Italy is facing charges of overseeing the massacre of disabled Tutsi children.

The Vatican's reluctance to confront the murderers in its midst is rooted in its refusal to face up to the church's complicity in mass murder. But as Rwanda marks the 20th anniversary of the genocide, the time has come for Pope Francis to follow his own lead on paedophile priests and apologise for the part played by the clergy in turning churches into extermination centres. The Vatican should accompany a plea for forgiveness with a calling to account of priests complicit in the killing.

For two decades, the Vatican has maintained that, while individual clergy were guilty of terrible crimes, the church as an institution bears no responsibility. The Holy See would prefer the world to focus on the more than 200 priests and nuns killed in the genocide. But, while there is no doubt there were courageous members of the clergy, many Tutsi survivors regard the church as allied with the killers and culpability as beginning at the very top of the Catholic hierarchy in Rwanda.

Archbishop Vincent Nsengiyumva was so closely attached to the Hutu power structure that for nearly 15 years he sat in the ruling party's central committee as it implemented the policies of discrimination and demonisation that laid the ground for genocide. His political affiliations left him well placed to at least try to urge the regime to stop the killing in 1994 and to have been a strong moral voice in public against the slaughter. Instead, he was incapable even of calling the massacres a genocide let alone condemning the politicians and military officers leading them. The archbishop became so compromised that witnesses said he stood by as Tutsi priests, monks and a nun were taken to be murdered.

Many of Nsengiyumva's bishops and priests were apologists for the killers by falsely trying to pin blame for the massacres onPaul Kagame's mostly Tutsi rebel army. That sent a message to the murderers that the church was not going to judge them. Some openly said that God had abandoned the Tutsis.

The Organisation for African Unity's report on the genocide described the church in Rwanda as carrying a "heavy responsibility" for failing to oppose, and even promoting, ethnic discrimination. It said the church offered "indispensable support" to the Hutu regime during the killing and described church leaders as playing "a conspicuously scandalous role" in the genocide by failing to take a moral stand against it.

"This stance was easily interpreted by ordinary Christians as an implicit endorsement of the killings, as was the close association of church leaders with the leaders of the genocide," the report said.

I went to see Munyeshyaka at his church in Gisors a few months ago. He denies the charges against him and defiantly defends carrying a gun during the genocide. He also remains unapologetically aligned with groups that keep alive the ideology that underpinned the genocide.

Clearly Munyeshyaka is not going to apologise for his part in Rwanda's tragedy. All the more reason for the pope to acknowledge that the Catholic church failed in Rwanda in 1994, and continues to do so by protecting such priests.

• Chris McGreal's Chaplains of the Militia, on the role of churches during the genocide in Rwanda, is out now from Guardian Shorts. Visit guardianshorts.com to read an extract and find out more

 

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