My SIL and Niece were doing a GoFundMe to raise $6000 so they could go to Budapest to, “cuddle orphan babies” at a missionary orphanage. The $6000 could have gone towards food and clothing! Just a excuse to travel.

Much of central and south America - The Mission, one of my favourite films (a short list, Best exotic marigold hotel was my last cinema trip) depicts Jesuits and indians .. I like the film for the commentary on catholicism and the theme tune Gabriels Oboe - Morricones finest evocative piece (late evening chill with a lagavulin malt) -

It was so bad in South America there's research suggesting it altered the global climate.
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Pretty much, conquered people are easier to convert. History has shown us that. Phillipines, the Americas, the list goes on. All in the name of “God”