Pope decries 'offensive words' against indigenous people's feathered headgear
almost 6 years in The guardian
Pontiff was ‘pained to hear a sarcastic comment’ at special Amazon synod and says indigenous feathers are the same as Vatican hats
Pope Francis has denounced “offensive words” spoken against Latin America’s indigenous people, noting that a feather headdress is no more ridiculous than hats worn at the Vatican.
Speaking at the start of an unprecented three-week assembly focusing on the Amazon, Francis opened the meeting by extolling native cultures and urging bishops to respect their histories and traditions, rather than imposing ideologies on them in a new form of colonization. Continue reading...