[h=5][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]19th Century Evil
Christian Church Rejects Science & social reform; Christian 'missions' go hand-in-hand with colonialism.[/FONT][/h] [h=5][/h] [h=5][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1814: Society of Jesus, suppressed since 1773, is restored. The Inquisition continues until 1834, Church-sanctioned torture until 1917.[/FONT][/h] [h=5][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1844: 'Protection of Children Act' allows Church missionaries in Australia to kidnap aboriginal children.[/FONT][/h] [h=5][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1854: Pius IX proclaims the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in the bull Ineffabilis Deus. Lourdes shrine introduced.[/FONT][/h] [h=5][/h] [h=5][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1864: Pius IX issues the encyclical Quanta cura and the Syllabus of Errors. It condemns some 80 propositions derived from scientific method and rationalism. Liberalism & socialism are denounced.[/FONT][/h] [h=5][/h] [h=5][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1870: Vatican Council declares the Pope "infallible".[/FONT][/h] [h=5][/h] [h=5][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]'Bible Societies' & 'Missions' in European colonies destroy indigenous cultures[/FONT][/h]