Pope asks Indios for forgiveness

(ANSA) - San Cristobal de Las Casas, February 15 - Pope Francis on Monday asked for the forgiveness of indigenous peoples for the "systematic" misunderstandings and exclusion they have been subjected to and the exploitation of their lands at a Mass with indigenous communities at San Cristobal de Las Casas in the Mexican State of Chiapas. "What sadness! How good it would do all of us to make an examination of conscience and learn to say: forgiveness," he said. The pope said that "today's world, despoiled by throwaway culture, needs you!.