Leo XIV recognizes ‘light and shadows’ in the Church’s treatment of Indigenous peoples

Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 16, 2025 / 10:48 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV invited Indigenous groups to forgive as he recognized both “the light and the wounds” in the history of the evangelization of their peoples.“The long history of evangelization that our Indigenous peoples have known, as the bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean…