Pilgrims gather outside the Basilica of Guadalupe on her feast day in Mexico City in a scene from “Guadalupe: Mother of Humanity.” (Image courtesy of Goya Producciones)
When asked whether the film would depict Spanish colonial violence, Garrigó disputed that violence and referred to the Black Legend — the idea that anti-Spanish and anti-Catholic prejudice has shaped histories of colonial Mexico, including accounts of the Dominican missionary the Rev. Bartolomé de las Casas.
Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope, has frequently spoken about the violent history of colonialism and the church’s role in it.
“Many grave sins were committed against the native peoples of America in the name of God,” Francis said during a speech in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, in 2015.
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When asked whether the film would depict Spanish colonial violence, Garrigó disputed that violence and referred to the Black Legend — the idea that anti-Spanish and anti-Catholic prejudice has shaped histories of colonial Mexico, including accounts of the Dominican missionary the Rev. Bartolomé de las Casas.
Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope, has frequently spoken about the violent history of colonialism and the church’s role in it.
“Many grave sins were committed against the native peoples of America in the name of God,” Francis said during a speech in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, in 2015.
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